{"id":92165,"date":"2025-08-25T18:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/92165\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:08:07","slug":"wimbledon-champion-in-tears-after-retiring-on-the-spot-with-brutal-us-open-thrashing-tennis-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/92165\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon champion in tears after retiring on the spot with brutal US Open thrashing | Tennis | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petra Kvitova\u2019s glittering career officially came to an end as she suffered a one-sided defeat in her final match. Earlier this year, the former world No. 2 announced that she would be retiring at the US Open<\/a>. And she entered retirement with a brutal 6-1 6-0 loss to Diane Parry on Monday.<\/p>\n

The two-time Wimbledon<\/a> champion burst into tears as she was honoured in a special on-court ceremony, before addressing the crowd and thanking her loved ones.<\/p>\n

Kvitova missed the entire 2024 season to welcome her first child, and she only returned from a pregnancy break in February<\/a> of this year, losing her comeback match to Britain\u2019s Jodie Burrage in Austin.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old finally got a long-awaited match win at the Italian Open. But by June, she had shared her plans to retire in Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

Kvitova had not played since going out in the first round at Wimbledon<\/a>, and the last match of her career ended in just 52 minutes, as she won only one game against Parry.<\/p>\n

She started crying at her bench while US Open organisers played a highlight reel on the screens, and was presented with a commemorative photo frame in an emotional presentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you guys for coming. I hoped I would put on a better show today, but it was really amazing, tough to know that maybe it’s my last one and emotional, it was really tough,\u201d the 31-time title winner told the fans on the Grandstand arena.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not sure how I’m going to talk right now after the video and everything. But thank you, Stacey [Allaster, tournament director[ for always having me, for everything you’ve done, and thank you, New York, for an amazing Grand Slam. I’m very happy to be here for my last dance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd thank you to my husband and coach in one person. Thank you, my agent. Thank you for my family back home, my parents, they sacrificed a lot for me at the beginning, and yeah, my ex-coaches as well. Thank you. So, yeah, it’s been a long and amazing journey. Thank you very much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kvitova won Wimbledon<\/a> in 2011 and again in 2014. She reached her career-high ranking of No. 2 in the world for the first time in October 2011, after winning the WTA Finals Istanbul on her tournament debut.<\/p>\n

The Czech star made a remarkable comeback after her left playing hand was injured in a knife attack during a break-in at her home shortly before Christmas in 2016. She returned a few months later at the French Open.<\/p>\n

By the end of 2018, Kvitova had picked up five more titles and retired to the world\u2019s top five. She started the 2019 season by reaching the Australian Open<\/a> final, and returned to No. 2 in the world. She won the Miami Open in 2023, and the last of her 31 titles came a few months later at the WTA 500 in Berlin.<\/p>\n

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