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Petra Kvitova injured by knife-wielding attacker at her home

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Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has been injured in a knife attack at her home, her publicist said on Tuesday.

Kvitova was treated for a non-life-threatening hand injury after the attack in the Czech town of Prostejov.

"It was a random crime, nobody was going to attack or rob her as Petra Kvitova," Kvitova's publicist Karel Tejkal said.

Kvitova, 26, is currently the 11th-ranked woman in the world and has won 19 career WTA title, including Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014.

Kvitova also withdrew from the Czech Republic team at next month's Hopman Cup mixed-team tennis tournament because of an earlier foot injury.