Berlin: World number five Li Na withstood a late comeback from Petra Kvitova to beat the fifth-seeded Czech 6-3, 7-5 on Friday and set up a Stuttgart Grand Prix semi-final with American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The second seed from China was put under early pressure by a series of sizzling Kvitova groundstrokes but responded by rattling off five consecutive games to snatch the first set. World number eight Kvitova took...
08:56 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Palermo: Roberta Vinci will face Petra Kvitova on the opening day of the Fed Cup semi-finals between Italy and the two-time defending champion Czech Republic. Vinci beat former Wimbledon champion Kvitova in straight sets in Poland last weekend to move up to a career-high ranking of No. 12. The semifinal opens Saturday with seventh-ranked Sara Errani facing the 25th-ranked Lucie Safarova. After reverse singles on Sunday on the red clay...
06:22 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Defending champion Roger Federer rallied for a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5 victory over Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka. ...
08:33 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Erratic serving cost Petra Kvitova dearly as the fifth-seeded Czech lost 4-6 6-4 6-3 to Russian Maria Kirilenko. ...
07:20 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Petra Kvitova, Maria Kirilenko, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci moved into the third round of BNP Paribas Open. ...
06:45 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Petra Kvitova won her first title in six months when she beat Sara Errani of Italy 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 in the Dubai Championships final. ...
10:59 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Kvitova overpowered defending champion Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 to set up a semi-final against Caroline Wozniacki in the Dubai Championships. ...
09:52 AM, Feb 22, 2013
If the 31-year-old Williams reaches the semi-finals by beating seventh-seeded Petra Kvitova she will return to No. 1 for the first time in 2½ years. ...
08:55 AM, Feb 15, 2013
Czech captain Petr Pala will stick with the same squad that lifted the crown for a second straight year in November. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Former Wimbledon champion Kvitova has advanced to the second round with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 victory over Schiavone. ...
10:10 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Prague: The Czech Republic is one win away from retaining the Fed Cup after Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova won the opening singles in straight sets against first-time finalist Serbia on Saturday. Safarova gave the Czechs a solid start on the indoor hard-court at the O2 Arena by defeating Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-3 and Kvitova stopped Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-1. The eighth-ranked Kvitova, who led the Czechs to victory over...
05:48 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Prague: Lucie Safarova will open the Fed Cup final for the defending champion Czech Republic against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia. The 17th -ranked Safarova is 3-2 against the 12th-ranked Ivanovic, who is former No. 1. "It would be great to start with a lead," Safarova said at the draw ceremony at Prague City Hall. "That's what I'm going to try and I'm looking forward to." Eighth-ranked Petra Kvitova, who led...
07:42 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Prague: Petra Kvitova regards this weekend's Fed Cup final as her last chance to salvage a year which has been a big comedown after her stellar 2011. Kvitova led the Czech Republic last year to its first Fed Cup title in 23 years, and this weekend she will help defend that crown at home against Serbia. Despite withdrawing midway through last week's elite WTA Championships with bronchitis, she said on...
12:03 AM, Nov 01, 2012
Prague: Petra Kvitova, who has withdrawn from the WTA championships in Istanbul because of a viral illness, will lead the Czech Republic in their Fed Cup title defence against Serbia next month in Prague. The Czechs will seek to become the third consecutive nation to retain the title after Italy in 2009-10 and Russia in 2007-2008. World number six Kvitova helped her country defeat Italy in the semi-finals. "She is...
06:30 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Istanbul: Agnieszka Radwanska defeated titleholder Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-2 to start round-robin play at the WTA Championships on Tuesday. Kvitova entered the match with a 25-match winning streak indoors but she was in trouble early, losing the first three games. Although she recovered to tie at 3-all, Radwanska broke serve again and served out the set. Kvitova dropped her first two service games of the second, and broke back once....
09:31 PM, Oct 23, 2012
