{"id":106708,"date":"2025-08-24T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/106708\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:16:08","slug":"petra-kvitova-states-the-one-change-she-would-make-to-tennis-as-she-gets-ready-to-retire-at-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/106708\/","title":{"rendered":"Petra Kvitova states the one change she would make to tennis as she gets ready to retire at the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Petra Kvitova is set to retire from professional tennis after the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech player returned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTA Tour<\/a> in February after missing the entire 2024 season after giving birth to her first child.<\/p>\n<p>But six months later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/two-time-wimbledon-champion-says-she-is-totally-ready-to-retire-ahead-of-the-us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kvitova, 35, will hang up her racket<\/a> and bid farewell to the sport at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>Kvitova will leave tennis after winning 31 WTA titles, 32 if she takes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a> crown, and reaching as high as number two in the world rankings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1713507937-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Petra Kvitova ties her hair up at the 2023 China Open - Day 7\" class=\"wp-image-65428\" \/>Photo by VCG\/VCG via Getty ImagesPetra Kvitova would change the amount of travelling in tennis if she could<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/petra-kvitova\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Petra Kvitova<\/a> has been part of the WTA Tour since she turned pro in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Almost two decades later, the two-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wimbledon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wimbledon<\/a> champion will say goodbye to tennis after competing at the US Open for the last time.<\/p>\n<p>When she retires, she will no longer be required to travel as often as during her career, and this is the only thing Kvitova said she would change about tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I could change just one thing about tennis, it would be to not travel as much,\u201d she told reporters in her pre-US Open press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot imagine how difficult it is to string together trips throughout the year, waking up in hotels sometimes not remembering where you are, and spending so much time in airports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very challenging, and I believe the show would improve if we didn\u2019t travel as much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2192887923-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Diane Parry prepares to hit a high backhand volley a the 2025 Australian Open\" \/>Photo by MARTIN KEEP\/AFP via Getty ImagesWho is Petra Kvitova\u2019s opponent at the US Open?<\/p>\n<p>Kvitova will face Diane Parry to commence her US Open campaign and the final tournament of her career.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old will go head-to-head with Kvitova for the first and last time, in what is set to be an intriguing match.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of her last tournament, Kvitova stressed that she will always love tennis, but she is ready to move into the next chapter of her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m totally ready [to retire]. I\u2019m not regretting anything,\u201d Kvitova told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/aug\/20\/petra-kvitova-ready-to-retire-us-open-tennis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cI still love tennis but everything else, waiting for the practices, waiting for the car, waiting for a match, it\u2019s just tiring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd having a son, it\u2019s a totally different life. I just want to spend more time with him as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Petra Kvitova is set to retire from professional tennis after the US Open. 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