Aug 28, 2017; New York, NY, USA; Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic returns a shot to Jelena Jankovic of Serbia on day one of the U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Petra Kvitova has yet to return to her best level, but at least being on a tennis court is starting to feel normal to the Czech eight months after she suffered career-threatening injuries when she was stabbed by an intruder in her home.
The twice Wimbledon champion, who missed five months of action after being stabbed in her playing hand last December, scraped into the second round of the U.S. Open by beating former world number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 7-5 7-5 on Monday.
