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Emotional scenes as Petra Kvitova breaks down in tears hugging husband after US Open heartbreak sends her into retirement
Petra Kvitova ends a 19-year career with 31 singles titles and over $37 million in prize money, retiring after a first-round loss at the 2025 US Open.
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Petra Kvitova gets emotional for exiting the 2025 US Open in the first round, the last match of her career before retirement
In her final match as a professional tennis player, Petra Kvitova was defeated by France’s Diane Perry in the first round of the US Open with a final scoreline of 6-1, 6-0. After this unfortunate result, she got emotional and was seen hugging her husband and coach, Jiri Vanek, after the game. In her on-court […]
The two-time Grand Slam champion did not deserve such a farewell. "I was hoping for a better show," Petra Kvitová admitted after playing the last match of her career at the US Open. It lasted less than an hour and she lost to Frenchwoman Diane Parry, ranked second, 1:6, 0:6. The scenery in Flushing Meadows was not dignified either.
On August 25, 2025 Petra Kvitova played the last match of her formidable career that, among other things, she saw her arrive at the number 2 of the world and raise two Slam titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014. "It is my character, probably, that prevented me from winning more" she had recently said. "I didn't lack talent, maybe I could have worked a little more, but on the other hand I think that maybe it would have damaged my estro or my ment…
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