{"id":2079,"date":"2017-04-21T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2017-04-21T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:12:43","slug":"petra-kvitova-comeback-still-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2017\/04\/21\/petra-kvitova-comeback-still-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Petra Kvitova be Back for the French Open?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris<\/strong> in springtime, and specifically at the end of May, is clearly the place to be this year to see some of the greatest stars of tennis. First, Roger Federer<\/strong> announced that he would miss most of the European clay court season to recover physically and mentally after his almost unbelievable efforts so far this year and would only play at the biggest clay court tournament of them all, the French Open<\/strong>. Then this week Petra Kvitova<\/strong>, the two-time Wimbledon<\/strong> champion and multiple Fed Cup<\/strong> winner with the Czech Republic<\/strong>, announced that she has \u201ca chance\u201d of returning to the women\u2019s tour at Roland Garros<\/strong>. If she does play in Paris, her comeback may be even more remarkable than that of the sainted Roger.<\/p>\n

Typical\u00a0ofmost tennis stars these days, Kvitova made her announcement on social media, explaining on Instagram that she had officially added her name to the Paris entry list because the deadline for doing so was approaching and, far more importantly, because her recovery from injury had been going so well that she had genuine hope of appearing in the French capital.<\/p>\n

“There remains a long road ahead”<\/p>\n

Petra Kvitova<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI want to give myself every last opportunity to be able to compete at one of my favourite events\u201d, she wrote, before adding, \u201cThis unfortunately does not mean necessarily that I will be ready to play in Paris, but that I’m doing everything possible to give myself the chance and keep a positive mindset. There remains a long road ahead but I wanted to share this update with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hello everyone! I wanted to provide a quick (and hopefully positive) update for you. My name will appear on the entry list for Roland Garros tomorrow because, as the entry deadline approached, I had made good progress in my recovery process and I want to give myself every last opportunity to be able to compete at one of my favourite events. This unfortunately does not mean necessarily that I will be ready to play in Paris, but that I’m doing everything possible to give myself the chance and keep a positive mindset. There remains a long road ahead but I wanted to share this update with you. Thanks for your continued support and I hope to see you soon, Petra ??<\/a><\/p>\n

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