Petra Kvitova returned to winning the title when she defeated Elena Rybakina 7-6 (14), 6-2after an hour and 42 minutes of competition, and was crowned champion of the Miami Open of Florida.

This was the first WTA 1000 title for the 33-year-old Czech since 2018, when she also won the Madrid Open, being her 9th at those events and 30th overall in her career.

On the other hand, the 23-year-old Kazakh has 11 straight victories while claiming the Sunshine Double, which is one of the best players of the moment. Facts that make Kvitova’s performance even more important.

Technically, in the 1st set up to the 8th game (4:4), both went hand in hand in terms of points, until the number 12 in the world made the first break of the match, which Rybakina immediately erased (5:5). ).

With two back-to-back love matches, the match went to the tiebreak, which was shocking (to say the least) as it lasted almost 12.5 minutes and was decided in detail. Czech Republic won with individual results 16-14(!) and laid the foundation for victory (7-6(14).

In the second part, Kvitova, with the momentum clearly on her side, started with 3/3 games won and doubled her breaks in the match (3:0).

The difference lingered until Game 7 (5-2) when the Czech found a way to double match point and serve WTA No. 7 again to win their first title in 5(!) years.

SOURCE: Tennis24