"I had a booster dose before St. Petersburg" says Petra Kvitova

Petra Kvitova has not worries about the vaccine admitting to getting a booster dose ahead of the St. Petersburg Open.

Vaccines are still a hot topic in the sports world as the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing. Numbers have been peaking recently around the world due to the hihgly infectious 'Omicron' variant which is why Kvitova elected to protect herself some more. Speaking to the media she said:

"I even have a booster [does of the Covid vaccine] before coming here, so you should be proud of me. I mean overall in Czech, it's like it's not really high, the number of vaccinated people, unfortunately. But the hospitals are a little bit better right now with Omicron.

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Starting off her St. Petersburg campaign was a very emphatic win over Jule Niemeier from Germany. Kvitova dropped only a handful of games and it was a good result for her, especially after the tough start to the year.

On that she said:

"I think the result just says it all, and I've been actually injured for a months as well. So I've been struggling with my wrist and I played in matches, but I didn't practice. So I mean in the end, it wasn't the best. But now I feel a little bit better, so I hope you know, everything could be better, even the results."