the czech Petra Kvitova, winner of the WTA 1,000 in Miami, assured this Saturday that experience plays an “important role” in the final won 7-6 (14) and 6-2 over Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
“I think experience plays an important role todayI played a lot of finals, I know I can play well in the final beyond the opponent,” Kvitova said in a press conference.
“I think mentally it was very important for me to have so much experience. The young players are growing up and it’s hard to face them, it’s very demanding. Elena is young and she’s a tough opponent,” she added.
At 33 years old and in his first final in Miami, Kvitova dominates the class and character of today’s strongest rivala Rybakina who reached the final stage of the tournament in Florida as Indian Wells champion and on a thirteen-match winning streak.
Kvitova, number twelve in the world ranking, added to her showcases the ninth title in a WTA 1,000 and, with thirty trophies to her credit, she is the second most successful active player, behind American veteran Venus Williams (49).
A key moment of the match was the tiebreaker of the first set, where Kvitova prevailed 16-14 after 22 minutes. of the fight and ended a streak of 7 victories for Rybakina in tie-breaks.
“Before the final I read that he didn’t lose any tiebreakers this year and I felt bad.. I told myself I would solve it on serve, but in the end we went to a tiebreaker. I told myself that at some point I have to lose a tiebreaker and I want to try it,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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