Petra Kvitova beaten by Jodie Burrage at ATX Open on return from maternity leave
Petra Kvitova returns from maternity leave after 17 months absence, ending in a defeat as Britain’s Jodie Burrage wins three sets in the ATX Open .
Wimbledon champion Kvitova twice participated in her first WTA competition since October 2, 2023 at the China Open in Beijing.
The Czech team made a positive start and won the opening ceremony, but the 25-year-old Burrage beat the opponent to win 3-6 6-4 6-4.
Burrage, ranked 189th in the world, will play Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in the second round.
Kvitova, who gave birth to her son Petr last July, didn’t know if she would return to tennis before she rested.
She said she was partially inspired after seeing Elina Svitolina, Naomi Osaka and other players after Belinda Bencic and was back later.
Back on the court, Kvitova took four games to lead in two serves with Austin.
Burrage reached the second round in January at the Australian Open, threatening the deficit to reduce the deficit to 5-3, just to break Kvitova again and Sealed opening ceremony.
Former world No. 2 Kvitova turned 35 in March, bursting twice as the cave put pressure on the second set, but the British woman hit again in the ninth match before only Holding the hold holder.
Neither player could seize the opportunity to rest at the beginning of the third set.
However, the decisive moment came, when Burrage saw four breakout points 4-4 before breaking Kvitova in the following game and playing.
World No. 4 No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula started the game late Tuesday against Dutch rival Arantxa Rus.
