Last Updated on August 19, 2019
Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova spoke about her return to Tours.
“The story of the attack, of course, is unpleasant, but I would like to tell people how I managed it. Naturally, I did not expect that I would have to survive this, but because of this incident I was devastated for a long time. The attacker took away my love from me “Tennis. I didn’t want to just return, I wanted to return to the highest level. It was a challenge for me. Psychologically, the support of my relatives and those I didn’t know very much. They sent me a lot of messages, tournaments shot videos with the wishes of a quick recovery. Smiling faces warmed me sir When I returned to the first tournament, some at first did not know how to behave with me, but the opportunity to see them all again brought me a sense of relief.
I missed the matches, all the difficulties that we usually encounter in tennis: long journeys, ups and downs in the game. I realized that I miss sports, and everything else no longer mattered.
I did not know for sure what I would feel when I went to the Roland Garros 2017 court. I didn’t know how I would react, I thought I couldn’t hold back my tears, but everything outweighed the feeling of happiness. Unfortunately, during the match I was visited by unpleasant memories, but most of my thoughts were about tennis, which I am very proud of. I must admit that I cried after the match and heard that the girls also cried in the locker room after my victory.
My outlook on life has changed, but the desire to win every time I go to the court has not gone away. I want to constantly get better and work in order to win again. But I have to remind myself: it doesn’t matter whether I win or lose, I am grateful that I can play, because I could lose all this at one moment a couple of years ago, ”the WTA press service quoted Kvitova as saying.
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