Kvitova will play the final in Miami! Will she return to the top ten?

Petra Kvitova has been performing well at the Miami tournament, and she will even play her final duel with Elena Rybakina on Saturday night. If she manages to win, she would win a very valuable title, plus she would return to the top ten of the WTA rankings.

Some have already written her off, but Petra Kvitova can continue to measure herself against the best. In the calendar year 2023, the native of Bílovec has a great statistic – 16 wins and only five defeats.

She reached the quarterfinals in Adelaide and Indian Wells, and played in the eighth round in Dubai. The thirty-three-year-old confirmed her great form in Miami, losing only one set on her way to the final.

The six-time Fed Cup winner knocked out Noskova, Vekic, Grachev, Alexandrova and Cirstea. She also showed good mental resilience in these duels as she managed both tiebreaks.

If we look at the rankings, we will find that Kvitova will be at her worst on Monday at 11th place. Thanks to her final appearance, she has moved ahead of Veronika Kudermetova.

If she were to win on Saturday night, she would win her first ever Miami title. She would also return to the top ten of the WTA rankings. She currently has 2,812 points and would have 3,162 points if she wins.

This would put her ahead of Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, who currently has 3035 points. Petra Kvitová would become the only Czech representative in the world’s elite ten at the moment.

However, she will not have an easy task ahead of her as she will challenge Elena Rybakina in the final. The tennis player from Kazakhstan has a record of 21 wins and four losses this year, including the final of the Australian Open.

The players have already met once this year, on 9 January the Czech lioness won after 6::3 and 7::5 sets. She would definitely like a similar result today.

Source:: WTA