Image Source : @WTA Petra Kvitova
Petra Kvitova received her first title since 2019 as she swept previous Garbiñe Muguruza 6-2, 6-1 to win the Qatar Open last on Saturday.
Kvitova broke Muguruza’s serve 5 instances in a row to seal the primary set and take a commanding lead within the second. It was the primary assembly between the pair since Kvitova beat Muguruza within the 2018 last of the identical match. They performed Saturday in entrance of a sparse, socially distanced crowd.
Kvitova strikes to a 28-10 document in profession finals and has received two of her three finals in Qatar after dropping to Aryna Sabalenka final 12 months.
“It’s been great the whole week,” Kvitova stated. “I just feel like home a little bit. I love the court.”
Kvitova’s earlier tour title was in Stuttgart in April 2019.
The Czech participant’s run to the title got here after a sluggish begin to 2021 together with a second-round exit by the hands of Sorana Cirstea on the Australian Open.
Muguruza drops to 7-7 in finals and has misplaced three in a row with final 12 months’s loss to Sofia Kenin within the Australian Open last and final month’s loss to Ash Barty on the Yarra Valley Classic.
