Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova holds the trophy after winning the final against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, May 9, 2015. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Petra Kvitova swept to a second Madrid Open title and put her recent struggles behind her when she thumped an ailing Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 6-2 in a hopelessly one-sided final on Saturday.
Champion on the clay at the premier event in 2011, the Czech fourth seed's powerful ground strokes were far too much to handle for the unseeded Kuznetsova, a former world number two who was hampered by a thigh problem.
