Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - October 3, 2020 Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova celebrates during her third round match against Canada's Leylah Fernandez REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - Petra Kvitova admitted earlier this week that she did not know much about her third-round opponent Leylah Fernandez but she will not forget their first meeting after scraping into the last 16 of the French Open on Saturday.
The 7-5 6-3 scoreline looked comfortable enough but it failed to tell the story of a match in which Kvitova was pushed to the limit and required every one of the 32 winners she struck to finally quell the 18-year-old Canadian's challenge.
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