Petra Kvitova is still waiting for his first victory since his return from having a baby after losing 6-4 3-6 4-6 in Varvara Gracheva in France at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
Kvitova, 34, who returned from a 17 -month break last month after giving birth to his son Petr, lacked steam in a battle of the ball ball, which lasted two hours and 23 minutes.
Gracheva, who is now facing the rapid rise of Mirra Andreeva in the second round, retaliated after losing the opening set 6-4, decisively breaking Kvitova to lead 4-2 in the second before leveling the match.
Kvitova struck 3-1 to level it at 3-3 in the decision maker, but the crucial service again lost at 4-4 and the world n ° 70 was used for victory.
After her victory, Gracheva paid tribute to the old world n ° 2 kvitova: “If you leave me a little hindsight, I really want to congratulate her,” she said in her interview on the field.
“Because she had a child recently, and I am so happy that she now has the role of a mother and a tennis player, which is very demanding. It is very inspiring for sports, athletes, women – it’s just incredible. Petra, my admiration for you – you are the best!”
In his first return match on the tour, at the Atx Open in Texas at the end of last month, Kvitova was beaten in three sets by n ° 6 British Jodie Burrage.
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Pegula steals the Austin finalists towards the Indian wells in private jet
Jessica Pegula proposed to pilot players in doubles in California after participating in Austin
The ATX Open finalists in Austin were spared from an exhausting trip at the end of the evening to Indian Wells after Sunday’s action after the American Jessica Pegula transported them to the Tournament in the Californian desert in her private jet.
Pegula, whose billionaire parents have the Buffalo NFL and NHL franchises, won the title in simple in Austin by beating the compatriot McCartney Kessler 7-5 6-2 but dragged while Kessler and Zhang Shuai lost against Yuan Yue and Anna Blinkova in the double.
The players then facing a quick turnaround before the main print of the Indian Wells, Pegula offered to do them all in California for the WTA 1000 tournament.
Zhang thanked Pegula for his generosity on Instagram, adding that they should have faced a stopover at the end of the evening in Los Angeles or trips at neighboring airports of Dallas and Houston.
“You know that she can leave just after her simple finale, but she is such a altruistic and generous girl,” wrote Zhang.
“This message is not to show that I took the jet, I just wanted to appreciate and transfer love.”
Blinkova also shared Zhang’s story on Instagram and thanked the number 4 of the world, Pegula, who has raised more than $ 17 million at a price in his career.
The Yue de China also expressed his gratitude to the US Pegula finalist on social networks for luxury.
“Otherwise, we would all be on the road for at least nine o’clock,” she added.
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