Petra Kvitova wins her 26th title in Sydney

Petra beats Ashleigh Barty in the final

Kvitova wins Sydney

Petra Kvitova wins her 1st title of 2019 and the 26th of her fantastic career after an extremely tough final against the world no.15 Ashleigh Barty.

The Czech didn’t drop a single set in the entire week to be shocked in the opener of the final after the Australian won 6-1. However, Kvitova got full advantage of her extensive experience, and she managed to get back in style to win the second set (7-5) and bring the affair to a tough decider.

The third set was a sheer dogfight especially after Ashleigh Barty conquered a 3-0 lead. Eventually, Petra stayed cool to break back the 5th game (2-3) before another drama happened after Kvitova failed to serve out the match twice when she was leading 5-4 and 6-5. The final went to a decisive tiebreak, and this time the Czech didn’t fail to win the contest 1-6 7-5 7-6 (3) after 2 hours and 19 minutes.

I left everything out of there.

After the match, Petra commented

“I left everything out there; I was cramping in the end. It was such a great final, to be honest, I think. It was a big fight until the end. That’s the way a final should be.

It was pretty hard. [Barty] mixed it a lot. She was different opponent which I had before, as well. So it was a bit challenging this time, for sure.

I feel sorry for her that she couldn’t make it today, unfortunately, but she really put everything out there today, and she really played a great game.”

There is no much time for Petra to celebrate as she needs to head to Melbourne where she will face Magdalena Rybarikova in the opener.

NO.26

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