PARIS – Petra Kvitova stood wide-eyed and perfectly still, scarcely believing she was through to her first French Open quarterfinal in eight years after winning 6-2, 6-4 against Zhang Shuai of China on Monday.When the chair umpire climbed down and pointed to the mark confirming her two-handed backhand had landed just in, she released her emotions.
The seventh-seeded Czech player looked up in the air, then blew kisses and waved to the small crowd gathered on Court Philippe Chatrier, the tournament's main stadium."Yeah, I got a bit emotional last two points of my match," she said. “My memories, happy memories.
When I made my comeback here in 2017, when I step on the Philippe Chatrier, I couldn’t really imagine me to be in the quarterfinal of.