WTA: Top favourite Petra Kvitova struck shortly before Wimbledon

Petra Kvitova did not compete in her round of 16 match against Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) at the grass court tournament in Eastbourne. The world ranking night from the Czech Republic, which has already won five tournaments this season, played it safe a few days before the start of the Wimbledon tournament (July 2 to 15) because of a thigh blasphemy.

Kvitova had already felt the complaints during her won final in Birmingham last weekend against Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia). The 28-year-old had already worn a tape around her right thigh when she won the opening match at Eastbourne on Tuesday.

“With Wimbledon outside, I just couldn’t take the risk of it getting worse as the game went on,” said Kvitova, one of the most popular players on the WTA tour. When I woke up on Wednesday morning, she had noticed that the pain had increased compared to the previous day: “I am really disappointed that I had to withdraw.

Kvitova is considered a hot contender for the title in Wimbledon, which she has already won in 2011 and 2014. The left-hander from Bilovec has already triumphed at five tournaments this season on three different surfaces (hard, sand, grass) – more often than any of her competitors so far.

In the Porsche race standings, the season ranking, Kvitova is second behind French Open winner Simona Halep (Romania).