Petra Kvitova defeats Roberta Vinci; enters fourth round – Wimbledon Championships 2011
The No. 8-seeded Czech played near-flawless tennis to beat always threatening Roberta Vinci, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships, being played here at All England Tennis Club.
The Czech was barely troubled by the Italian, clinching the match in straight sets. Selecting a poor combination of shots, Vinci proved to be an easy target to pass, and handed over the match in just 57 minutes.
After holding a couple of break points in the opener, Kvitova broke to 3-2, when Vinci made a number of unforced errors, and she served out the set with a decisive break at 5-3.
With an equal number of unforced errors in the opener, Kvitova was never really in trouble, scoring a whopping 80 percent behind her first serve and 47 percent of points on return. In contrast, Vinci was nowhere near her trademark
tennis, losing the opener with a difference of 12 points.
The Czech No.1 did signal some signs of rustiness in the opening exchanges but the Italian was unable to cause Kvitova any real moments of concern.
After winning the opener, Kvitova did it again, breaking for 3-2 in the decider with an efficiently struck forehand winner down the line and, after recovering from a deuce to clinch the ultimate lead in just 32 minutes.
Scoring a whopping five aces, 37 winners and converting 60 percent of break points she faced, Kvitova brought a packed centre court crowd at the All England Tennis Club to its feet, wrapping up the match in just 57 minutes of play.
With another victory being added to her repository, she now marches on into the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships, where she will face nineteenth-seeded German, Yanina Wickmayer for the seventh time in her career.
Kvitova is definitely having a better season so as her ranking of World No.8 suggests. She owns a 5/3 win-loss record at the Wimbledon Championships, notably beating Caroline Wozniacki in 2010. What’s more, the Czech No.1 is an
all-court player, and thanks to her title run at the Madrid masters and a final showing at the Eastbourne, she is 39/9 for the year as opposed to Wickmayer’s 29/1.
Wickmayer is talented, but she is might have trouble stopping the 21-year-old powerhouse at all in this one.
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