Indian Wells: Peter Kvitova is still waiting for the first victory from returning from the baby | Tennis news
Petra Kvitova is still waiting for her first victory from her return from her baby after losing 6-4 3-6 4-6 in France Garchev at BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Kvitova, 34, who returned last month with a break of 17 months after she gave birth to her son Petra, ran out of money in seeing battle, which lasted two hours and 23 minutes.
Graccheva, who now faces the rapidly growing Russian Mirr Andree’s in the second round, replied after she lost the opening of 6-4, decisively breaking Kvitovo to lead 4-2 in the second before leveling the match.
Kvitova hit 3-1 to 3-3 in decision-making, but the service was lost in 4-4, and the world no. 70 served to win.
After her victory, Gracheva paid tribute to the former world no. 2 Kvitovo: “If you let me withdraw a little, I really want to congratulate her,” she said in her interview on the field.
“Since she recently had a baby, and I’m so happy that she now has the role of mother and tennis player, which is very demanding. It’s very inspiring for sports, athletes, women – it’s simply amazing. Peter, my admiration for you – you are the best!”
In her first match on the tour, at the ATX Open in Texas, at the end of last month, Kvitova beat British no 6 Jodie Burraga in three sets.
Pegula flies Austin finalist at Indian Wells in a private nozzle
The ATX Open finalists in Austin were spared a hard-working late-night trip to Indian Wells after Sunday’s action after American Jessica Pegula flew to a tournament in the California desert on her private aircraft.
Pegula, whose parents of the billionaire owned Buffal’s NFL and NHL franchise, won the title of singles in Austin by defeating compatriots McCartney Kessler 7-5 6-2, but he hung around as Kessler and Zhang Shuai lost to Yuan Yue and Anne Blinks in the finals.
Given that the players face the rapid turn in front of the main draw of Indian Wells, Pegula offered to fly them all to California at the WTA 1000 tournament.
Zhang thanked Peguli for their generosity on Instagram, adding that they would otherwise face a late night ship in Los Angeles or trips to nearby airports in Dallas and Houston.
“You know she can leave right after the finals of her singles, but she’s such a selfless and generous girl,” Zhang wrote.
“This message didn’t show that I took a jet, I just wanted to appreciate and convey love.”
Blinks also shared Zhang’s story on Instagram and thanked the World No 4 Pegula, who has collected more than $ 17 million in a reward in her career.
Chinese Yue also expressed his gratitude to the American winner of Pegulus on social networks for luxury driving.
“Otherwise we would all be on the road for at least nine hours,” she added.
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