Petra Kvitova has achieved much in her career and she has opened a new museum in her native city of Fulnek to celebrate them.
The 32-year-old opened the museum which has two separate sections to commemorate her career and hopefully inspire others to follow in her path. In one section of the museum, she displayed tennis racquets, tennis accreditation and even pieces of clothing belonging to her. Then, in another section, Kvitova displayed some of her most memorable trophies including the two Wimbledon trophies won in 2011 and 2014.
Speaking at the ceremony Kvitova said:
"It’s the first hall of fame for an individual athlete in the Czech
Republic, so I’m glad that Fulnek is the first in something again. I
gave my brother permission. I asked my dad, and even though he didn’t
have much to do, he had to allow it. After all, they are my trophies."
She also mentioned the most painful defeat of her career which is the 2019 Australian Open which was special to her. Nobody thought she could ever play in a grand slam final again but she did it although Osaka proved better:
“Probably no one believed that I could be in the final of the Grand Slam again. It was probably the most painful defeat in my career, but when I look back on it, I think it was an amazing success after everything that happened."
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