Rybakina

Petra Kvitova defeated Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 7-6 (14), 6-2, with the first set key and Kvitova said: 'I had to be a little bit more aggressive'

But even as her peers have retired, Kvitova’s reputation as one of the most dangerous and unpredictable players in the world endures. I had to be a little bit more aggressive, which I had been in the end, but during the tiebreak I struggled.” Kvitova has long exemplified the ethos of uncompromising big hitting and her comfort in the match-up against Rybakina, another of the biggest shotmakers in the world, was immediately clear. They converged in a marathon 20-minute tiebreak, the momentum constantly swinging as Kvitova saved five set points before converting her fifth. After ample struggles in this autumn of her career, including falling out of the top 30 last season, as many questioned whether she would keep playing for much longer, Miami marks the 33-year-old’s first WTA 1000 title since 2018 and ninth overall. In her 12 previous Miami Open appearances, she had never passed the quarter-finals.

Twelfth-seeded Petra Kvitova won the Miami Open in her 13th appearance, beating seventh-seeded Elena Rybakina with a marathon tiebreaker in a 7-6 (14), ...

I think that in the second I just didn't stay disciplined and was a bit rushing.'' I won the tiebreaker so emotionally I was on the better side. "Maybe if the first set had gone my way it would've been different,'' Rybakina said. "The tiebreaker - oh, by God - was the longest in my career. Rybakina, who had 12 aces total for the match, finished the tournament with 69 for the tournament. "The tiebreaker was going to decide the whole match,'' Kvitova said. Sinner, the 10th seed from Italy, is 0-5 against Medvedev and coming off a physical, three-set, three-hour war with Alcaraz that ended late Friday night. Rybakina, who won at Indian Wells, admitted to fatigue after the tiebreaker from the travel. Rybakina finished with 10 aces for the first set while setting the record for most aces in a WTA Tournament, smashing Madison Keys' mark. A past Wimbledon champion, the 6-foot Kvitova won the first-set epic tiebreaker 16-14 on her fifth set point. She was broken just once in the match. Rybakina, the reigning Wimbledon champion, is from Moscow but represents Kazakhstan.

Fifteenth-seeded veteran Petra Kvitova, in her 13th appearance at the Miami Open, finally won her first crown here, upsetting seventh-seed Elena Rybakina on ...

Sinner, the 10th seed from Italy, is 0-5 against Medvedev and coming off a physical, three-set, three-hour war with Alcaraz that ended late Friday night. A past Wimbledon champion, the six-foot Kvitova won the first-set epic tiebreaker 16-14 on her fifth set point. She was broken just once in the match.

Petra Kvitova claimed her 30th WTA singles title with a straight sets victory over Elena Rybakina at the Miami Open on Saturday.

Kvitova’s win is a testament to her hard work, dedication, and perseverance, and she has proved that she is still a force to be reckoned with on the WTA. Kvitova now has nine WTA 1000 titles, and the victory at Miami Open will boost her confidence heading into the clay court season. Rybakina couldn’t convert a break point in the next game, and then she herself was broken again when serving to stay in the match at 5-2 down. I think it was the longest one I ever played in my life. Kvitova won 78 percent of her service points (52 of 67) and finished with 29 winners to 14 unforced errors. The match was a serve-dominated battle until Kvitova broke to go 5-4 up, but Rybakina immediately broke back.