When she is in her best form, almost no lady can play with Petra Kvitova.This was the experience Caroline Wozniacki had to make in the round of sixteen in Beijing.
Andrea Petkovic had to think briefly a few years ago, when she was asked the following question in Linz – and then with a “right, actually” the assessment of the journalists left.The thesis was: If all the players on the WTA Tour are in top form – is Petra Kvitova the only one who can keep up with Serena Williams?In fact, it’s in the direct balance sheet between the two 5:1 for the US-American, who is pausing.But that’s not the point.The point is that when Kvitova feels like it, almost all the other players have a break.
Garbine Muguruza has had to make this experience, most recently in the last round of the US Open.Now Caroline Wozniacki was on the table, third round in Beijing, 6:1 and 6:4 the result for Kvitova after 73 minutes.
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Kvitova gets to face a compatriot woman in the quarter-finals, Barbora Strycova is waiting.The two-time Wimbledon winner of eight games has lost one single match against her, and it happened in Indian Wells in 2011.
The 27-year-old has won 20 career titles so far, the last one in Birmingham this year.Kvitova can definitely call herself an Asia expert, last year, before a burglar attacked her home, she won the WTA Premier 5 tournament in Wuhan, as well as the event in Zhuhai.In Beijing itself Petra Kvitova was already in the final in 2014.
Also in the current issue there is no impossibility, Eina Svitolina could prove to be the biggest stumbling block, the Ukrainian, who plays a fantastic year in 2017 and could even finish it as a new industry leader.Petra Kvitova was never quite enough for this, but second place in the rankings still speaks a clear language.And if she hits the ball cleanly, the left-handed woman is one of the best players in the world, regardless of her position in the rankings.
Here is the single panel in Beijing