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.”
