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  US Open: Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova bids teary farewell to tennis after first-round exit

  Tennis | August 26, 2025 9:14 IST

  Former Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova bid adieu to the sport after her first-round exit from the US Open. Kvitova, who had already announced that the US Open would be her last tournament, wanted to come to New York and call it quits from a Grand Slam despite not being at her best physically.

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  Former two-time champion Petra Kvitova loses at Wimbledon

  Tennis | June 28, 2021 22:57 IST

  Stephens, a former top 10 player now ranked 73rd, committed only 14 unforced errors. Her best showing at Wimbledon was in 2013, when she reached the quarterfinals.

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  Kvitova beats Piter at Bad Homburg Open, faces Li next

  Tennis | June 22, 2021 14:20 IST

  Top-seeded Petra Kvitova had to dig deep to reach the second round of the Bad Homburg Open in beating Polish qualifier Katarzyna Piter 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

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  French Open 2021: Petra Kvitova saves match point to move into Round 2

  Tennis | May 30, 2021 20:31 IST

  Kvitova, who reached the semifinals at Roland Garros in 2012 and last year, next faces either Elena Vesnina or Belarussian qualifier Olga Govortsova.

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  Petra Kvitova clinches second Qatar Open title with Garbiñe Muguruza rout

  Tennis | March 06, 2021 22:49 IST

  Kvitova broke Muguruza's serve five times in a row to seal the first set and take a commanding lead in the second. 

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  French Open 2020: Novak Djokovic reaches 10th semifinal with win over Pablo Carrena Busta

  Tennis | October 08, 2020 10:01 IST

  Novak Djokovic defeated Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 to make it to his 10th semi-final at the Roland Garros.

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  French Open | Kvitova beats Siegemund to reach her first semifinal at Roland Garros since 2012

  Tennis | October 07, 2020 19:12 IST

  Kvitova normally dictates play with her big serve and forehand but she double-faulted multiple times when she was broken twice in the second set.

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  French Open 2020 | Petra Kvitova reaches 1st quarterfinal at Roland Garros since 2012

  Tennis | October 05, 2020 17:08 IST

  The seventh-seeded Czech player lost her only semifinal match at Roland Garros in 2012.

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  French Open | Serena, Kvitova advances to second round; 2019 runner-up Vondrousova out

  Tennis | September 28, 2020 21:41 IST

  The sixth-seeded Williams served for the match at 40-0 but Ahn saved three match points. An ace gave her a fourth opportunity to win but she hit a shot into the net.

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  Kvitova, Pliskova sisters to participate in Prague tournament

  Tennis | May 11, 2020 14:09 IST

  The event is scheduled to be played from May 26 to May 28 in the capital city of Czech Republic.

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  Ash Barty beats Garbine Muguruza to set up Doha semifinal versus Petra Kvitova

  Tennis | February 28, 2020 10:03 IST

  Ash Barty beat former No. 1 Garbine Muguruza, 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Qatar Open.

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  Petra Kvitova withdraws from St. Petersburg with illness

  Tennis | February 14, 2020 19:42 IST

  The third-seeded Kvitova had been due to play Ekaterina Alexandrova in the quarterfinals. Kvitova said the unspecified illness had bothered her during Thursday's three-set win over Alison van Uytvanck.

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  Australian Open 2020: Ash Barty beats Petra Kvitova to enter semifinals

  Tennis | January 28, 2020 11:23 IST

  Barty beat two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 7-6 (6), 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena and will next play Sofia Kenin.

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  Australian Open 2020: Djokovic vs Raonic, Barty vs Kvitova in QF showdown

  Tennis | January 27, 2020 22:29 IST

  Milos Raonic's perfect record at Melbourne Park this year — four straight-sets victories, including a third-round win over No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas — is in for a serious quarterfinal test against a guy he's never beaten in nine attempts.

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  Australian Open 2020: Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Ash Barty ease into Round 3

  Tennis | January 22, 2020 20:50 IST

  Serena Williams defeated Tamara Zidansek 6-2, 6-3 while Naomi Osaka and Ash Barty got the better of Zheng Saisai and Polona Hercog 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-4 respectively.

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  Ash Barty joins Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova in third round of Australian Open

  Tennis | January 22, 2020 10:29 IST

  Naomi pulled it together quickly in a swirling breeze on Margaret Court Arena, though, and beat Zheng Saisai 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.

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  Madison Keys into Brisbane International final after beating Petra Kvitova

  Tennis | January 11, 2020 15:13 IST

  The American won nine of 10 games in her mid-match recovery against the tournament's 2011 champion to beat Kvitova 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

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  Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova, Madison Keys into Brisbane International semifinals

  Tennis | January 10, 2020 14:30 IST

  Naomi Osaka defated Kiki Bertens 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 while Petra Kvitova beat qualifier Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-2. Madison Keys got the better of fellow American Danielle Collins 6-4, 6-1.

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  French Open 2019: Djokovic cruises to second round, Serena Williams survives early scare

  Tennis | May 27, 2019 23:38 IST

  Serena Williams came back from one-set down to defeat 83rd seed Vitalia Diatchenko. Petra Kvitova, however, had to pull out of the tournament with an injury.

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  Naomi Osaka edges Petra Kvitova for Australian Open title, to become No. 1 in WTA ranking

  Tennis | January 26, 2019 17:09 IST

  The victory allows the 21-year-old Osaka to become the first tennis player from Japan to reach No. 1 in the rankings.