![]() Her serve is devastating and she can laser forehands so hard, low and well-angled that the person on the other side becomes increasingly helpless and shell-shocked. In that match Kvitova won 17 of the first 18 points and, in today’s parlance, completely “took the racquet out of her opponent’s hand.” The 6-foot lefthander hits so big that when she’s on her game, as she was last week, it’s one-way traffic. She showed that last week in winning the Dongfeng Motor Open in Wuhan (home of retired Chinese superstar Li Na) with a merciless 6-1, 6-1 victory over Dominika Cibulkova in the final. But Williams turned 35 last week and has been increasingly injury-prone so it’s at least arguable that Kvitova, in full flight, can beat any opponent. Many would argue that Serena Williams is the supreme player in the world on any day and that’s hard to dispute. Petra Kvitova is the best player in women’s tennis – on her day.īut those days are few and far between and that’s why she started last week’s WTA Premier 5 event in Wuhan, China, ranked No.
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