WTA – SYDNEY (FRI): KVITOVA TRIUMPHS IN ALL- CZECH FINAL

Written by: Staff on 16th January 2015

Tennis Apia International tournament in Sydney

WTA - SYDNEY (FRI): KVITOVA TRIUMPHS IN ALL- CZECH FINAL

epa04562612 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic poses with her trophy after beating her compatriot Karolina Pliskova in the women's final match at the Apia International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, 16 January 2015. EPA/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |

Women’s tennis WTA – From Sydney Kvitova wins In All-Czech Final & Bethanie Mattek Sands & Sania Mirza start off the year with a win in doubles

APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY – SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

USD 731,000

9-17 JANUARY 2015

RESULTS – JANUARY 16, 2015

Singles – Finals

[2] P Kvitova (CZE) d Ka. Pliskova (CZE) 76(5) 76(6)

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic returns the ball to Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during their women’s final match at the Apia International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, 16 January 2015. EPA/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic returns the ball to her compatriot Petra Kvitova during their women’s final match at the Apia International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, 16 January 2015. EPA/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Doubles – Finals

[PR] B Mattek-Sands (USA) / S Mirza (IND) d [1] R Kops-Jones (USA) / A Spears (USA) 63 63

“Boooom title number 23 with this girrlll #bestfriend #partner” Photo by Sania Mirza via Instagram

Final Tidbits :

– Kvitova wins her 15th WTA title; her win-loss record in WTA finals now stands at 15-5.

– Kvitova and Pliskova were competing in the first all-Czech final in six years (Hobart, 2009, Kvitova d. Melzer).

– Kvitova has now won 15 consecutive matches against Czech opponents; her last defeat came against Hradecka in Madrid, 2012.

– Pliskova falls to 3-4 in WTA finals; Sydney was her first Premier-level final.

– Kvitova improves her head-to-head record against Pliskova to 2-0.

– Mattek-Sands and Mirza win their fifth WTA title together; Mattek-Sands now has 13 career doubles titles to her name, while Mirza has 23.

–Bethany is back from a year of physical troubles. The PR stands for protected ranking

Final Quotes

Petra Kvitova: “It’s always great to play the final. And it’s an even better feeling to win in the final! I’m just glad how I played today. I mean, it was a very tough match to really handle everything. Two tiebreakers, it’s always very difficult. Karolina played really well and she served very well today.”

Karolina Pliskova: “Congratulations to Petra. She had an amazing week. She was playing very well today and was definitely the better player out there, so I wish her good luck in Melbourne next week. But it was a good week for me before Melbourne too. I hope to come back next year.”

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic poses with her trophy after beating her compatriot Karolina Pliskova in the women’s final match at the Apia International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, 16 January 2015. EPA/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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