Tennis-Kvitova bids farewell to the place that turned her from a 'nobody to somebody'


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 02 Jul 2025

Jul 1, 2025; Wimbledon United Kingdom; Petra Kvitova (CZE) waves to the crowd after her final Wimbledon singles match, against Emma Navarro (USA)(not pictured), on day 2 of The Championships, Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

LONDON (Reuters) -It has been 14 years, or 5,113 days to be precise, since a beaming Petra Kvitova saw her name being added in gold print to the famed green honours board at Wimbledon moments after she had held aloft the Venus Rosewater Dish for the first time.

Yet on Tuesday, after she signed off on her 17-year Wimbledon adventure with a first-round 6-3 6-1 defeat by American 10th seed Emma Navarro, the Czech wasted little time in giving a vivid blow-by-blow account of that magical fortnight.

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