BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova produced her most encouraging result since returning from a knife attack to advance to the quarterfinals of the Aegon Classic, a Wimbledon warmup tournament.
The left-handed Czech hit 25 winners with 11 unforced errors as she easily beat fellow wild card Naomi Broady of Britain 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday.
Kvitova only recently returned to action after suffering a serious injury to her left hand – when she was stabbed by an intruder last year at her home in the Czech Republic – playing two matches on clay at the French Open.