The tennis year 2020 from… Petra Kvitova
In 2020, there was no third Grand Slam title for Petra Kvitova's trophy collection. The Czech girl came closest to it in Roland Garros.
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Dec 16, 2020, 05:52 pm
Since 2014, Petra Kvitova's annual balance sheet has almost always been in a certain way: close to the third major title, but just barely. In 2019, Kvitova lost a high-class final at the Australian Open against Naomi Osaka . Last season, the 30-year-old Czech showed in Roland Garros. That she is still good for a success at one of the four biggest tennis tournaments. But in the semi-finals against Sofia Kenin came the end before time - as in all events in which Kvitova 2020 participated.
Petra Kvitova held 27 singles titles, the closest to number 28 was she in Doha, where Aryna Sabalenka took advantage of the hour. The fact that Kvitova finished the year among the top ten players in the world is due to her outstanding consistency. At the start of the year in Brisbane, she reached the semifinals, losing to Madison Keys.
Kvitova loses to Barty in Melbourne
A few days later at the Australian Open it went back to the quarter-finals, then the left-hander bit her teeth against Ashleigh Barty . The re-entry after the Corona break was not so easy with the opening defeat against Marie Bouzkova, the end at the US Open must have really hurt Kvitova: She lost the tie-break against Shelby Rogers in the third set.
In the end there is a record of 20 wins and only six defeats. Also because Petra Kvitova was not averse to worthwhile breaks, for example had decided not to start in Rome. 124 aces in 26 matches are worthy of all honor, as is the fact that Kvitova was able to win a little more than three quarters of her service games. Kvitova was also able to convince as a setback: She won 40.1 percent of her return games.