Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - October 5, 2020 Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova celebrates winning her fourth round match against China's Zhang Shuai REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Open holds special memories for Petra Kvitova, not because she has won the title but because it is where she resumed her career after a knife attack that almost ended it.
Kvitova was sidelined for six months after an attack by a burglar at her home in the Czech Republic just before Christmas in 2016 that left her with severe damage to the nerves and tendons in her left hand.
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