Wimbledon champ Kvitova wins 1st-rounder at Australian Open | Inquirer Sports

Wimbledon champ Kvitova wins 1st-rounder at Australian Open

/ 02:23 PM January 20, 2015

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic makes forehand return during her first round match against Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday. AP

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic makes forehand return during her first round match against Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday. AP

MELBOURNE — Kvitova won her second Wimbledon title last year, beating Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in the final, to remain the only player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title.

The Czech lefthander warmed up for the season’s first major with a run to the semifinals at Shenzen.

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Fourth-seeded Kvitova will face either Donna Vekic or Mona Barthel in the next round.

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