Petra Kvitova reflects "exhausting" year, eyes comeback in Australian Open after defeat in Indian Wells

Victoria Azarenka cruised into the Round of 16 at Indian Wells after beating old rival Petra Kvitova 7-5, 6-4.

The match lasted for 1 hour and 49 minutes and there was little to separate the two major champion players when the game was started.

Petra Kvitova reflected on the "exhausting" year in her post-match press conference, also confirmed that she had alreay taken the COVID-19 vaccine.

"I'm pretty glad that it is the end, to be honest, it has been an exhausting year," Kvitova said in her press conference.

"My body is just not handling [everything] perfectly, and that's why I'm ending now to take some extra weeks off to recover."

"Overall this season, well, I've obviously had better seasons, but I won a title so that was the highlight," she continued.

"I played some incredible matches I would say. I still have the fire inside me, which is really important, even at this age. I mean without the fire I wouldn't play, so it's nice that it's there."

Petra Kvitova also confirmed her participation for the 2022 Australian Open.

"Exactly, no matter what happens, I'll be there," Kvitova said while responding to a question about her participation at the 2022 Australian Open. "Well, I am vaccinated so it should make everything much more easier. So that should be fine."