Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova received her first match for the reason that start of her first youngster, then mentioned she had been near quitting tennis.
The Czech claimed a 7-5 6-1 win over Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu within the first spherical of the Italian Open in Rome.
Her victory ended a run of 4 defeats for the reason that 35-year-old returned to aggressive motion after 15 months away throughout which she gave start to her son Petr.
Kvitova, who received Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014 and reached quantity two on the earth, mentioned she had doubted whether or not she would return to the worldwide area.
“I used to be 95% that I’d by no means come again. I had sufficient of tennis at the moment. I used to be like, ‘I can not do it any extra’ – so we determined to attempt for a child,” she informed the Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA) web site.
“I did not say something as a result of it wasn’t 100%. After I might do one thing lastly after being pregnant, I performed some tennis and it felt so good. I used to be laughing. Each shot I hit easily, I used to be like, ‘Wow – it is nonetheless there’.”
Kvitova will now play world quantity 36 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia within the second spherical of the event performed on the clay courts of the Foro Italico.
