12bet link邀请码Kvitova out indefinitely after burglar attack

Kvitova out indefinitely after burglar attack

This file photo taken on November  一 二 shows Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova on November  一 二 in Strasbourg, eastern France, during the Fed Cup final tennis match between France and Czech Republic. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was injured after an attack by a knife-wielding burglar at her home in the eastern Czech town of Prostejov, her spokesman said on December  二0. — AFP Photo

PRAGUE — Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will need at least three months of rest after surgery to her left hand cut by a knife-wielding burglar on Tuesday, her spokesman said.

Kvitova suffered an injury on all five fingers and two nerves in her left hand, her racket hand, after fighting with the burglar at her home in the eastern Czech town of Prostejov.

Doctors "stitched the injured finger tendons"大众during the surgery that took three hours and  四 五 minutes, Kvitova’s spokesman Karel Tejkal told AFP.

"The hand will now be bandaged for two days, then put in a splint for  六- 八 weeks.

"She can’t burden the tendons for at least three months.

"The injury is serious, but the surgeon says Petra is young and healthy and there is no reason why she can’t resume tennis."

Earlier on Tuesday, Tejkal said the burglary was a random crime as "nobody was going to attack or rob her as Petra Kvitova."

The  二 六-year-old world number  一 一 said on Facebook she was shaken but "fortunate"大众to be alive.

"I was attacked in my apartment by an individual with a knife,"大众said Kvitova, adding she tried to defend herself.

"I trust the doctors and I believe it will all end well. Don’t worry about me."

Local police spokesman Frantisek Korinek said the attack had occurred before 0 七 三0 GMT on Tuesday near the Prostejov town centre and that the burglar was still at large.

Lacklustre year

Meanwhile, support poured in from fellow tennis stars.

"So upset hearing the news about @Petra – Kvitova. Hands down one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. All my thoughts with her,公众tweeted world number eight Madison Keys.

"Just finding out about @Petra – Kvitova and the awful stabbing and injury to her hand – pulling for you Petra,"大众added Czech-born former great Martina Navratilova.

And Oracene Price, the mother of Serena and Venus Williams, tweeted: "@Petra – Kvitova I’m very sorry to hear what happen to you. I’m praying for your speedy recovery. Blessing to you and your family."

The burglary adds a sombre ending to a rather lacklustre year for Kvitova, who slid from sixth in the world in January to  一 六th in August.

She sacked two coaches before winning the Wuhan Open in China in October after a  一 三-month title drought.

She added a victory at Zhuhai, China in November and was on the Czech Republic team that won the Fed Cup later that month, beating France for their fifth title in six years.

On December  一, Kvitova hired a new coach, Czech Jiri Vanek, who had led her Fed Cup tea妹妹ate Karolina Pliskova to this year’s US Open final.

Bronze medallist from the Rio Olympics and Wimbledon champion in  二0 一 一 and  二0 一 四, Kvitova is also recovering from a stress fracture to her foot.

Just hours before the attack, she said the injury had forced her out of the mixed doubles Hopman Cup starting on January  一, where she was due to play alongside her former boyfriend Adam Pavlasek.

She said she hoped to start next year at Sydney on January  八 to warm up for the Australian Open – a plan that she will have to drop following doctors’ orders. — AFP