LONDON : Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova found the transition from last week's title run at Eastbourne to Tuesday's first round at the All England Club very different but the Czech managed to dig deep to avoid a repeat of her early exit in 2021.
But she found herself staring at a first-round exit - like last year - against 72nd-ranked Italian Jasmine Paolini on Tuesday when she lost the opening set in less than 30 minutes. "It was a tough one with different conditions and transition from Eastbourne here, playing a different opponent as well. It was really tough," Kvitova told reporters.Kvitova, who will next meet Romania's Ana Bogdan, felt that the confidence from her Eastbourne triumph helped her turn things around against Paolini.
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