Tennis: Kvitova defeats Pegula to set up Qatar Open final clash with Muguruza

Petra Kvitova at the Australian Open in Melbourne on February 10, 2021 AFP/VINCE CALIGIURIDOHA: Petra Kvitova withstood some inspired tennis from Jessica Pegula and high winds to win 6-4, 6-4 on Friday and reach the final of the Qatar Open where she will face Garbine Muguruza.

Number four seed Kvitova, a Grand Slam champion unlike Pegula, elected to receive after winning the toss. "It was very, very windy and it was very tough -- it wasn't about tennis it was about putting the ball into the court, and that's what I tried," Kvitova said after her win.The confidence Pegula showed in her last-eight clash against Karolina Pliskova, who she broke nine times, shone through from the outset against Kvitova, as she negotiated the conditions to go ahead.

Pegula appeared to gained the upper hand as she won the first three games of the second set, but Kvitova slowed her march during a precisely executed winning service game.As the set developed, two-time Wimbledon winner Kvitova mixed up her play resorting to several slices which changed the pace of the encounter.

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