Kvitova, V. Williams rematch set at China Open
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic return a shot from Peng Shuai of China during the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. AP
BEIJING — Petra Kvitova and Venus Williams will meet in the third round of the China Open in a reprise of their dramatic, three-set encounter at Wimbledon.
Kvitova was two points from defeat in that match, but came back to beat Williams 5-7, 7-6 (2), 7-5 and ride that momentum all the way to her second Wimbledon title.
Article continues after this advertisementThe third-seeded Czech player set up another clash with a 6-4, 6-2 win over China’s Peng Shuai beneath the roof on center court on a cold, rainy day in Beijing.
The rain wiped out play on the outer courts, leaving only a handful of matches to be completed on center court.
On the men’s side, No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic played Canadian Vasek Pospisil and American John Isner took on Spain’s Tommy Robredo.
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