Kvitova ends her career in tough loss to Parry

Frenchwoman Diane Parry reached the second round of the US Open by defeating Czech Petra Kvitova 6-1, 6-0 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday.

This match was the last of Petra Kvitova at the professionnal level. A glorious career ended with wonderful achivements:

• 2 Wimbledon titles ;
• 1 final at the Australian Open :
• 31 singles titles ;
• 9 WTA 1000 titles :
• BJK Cup winner ;
• World number #2

“Thank you guys for coming”, she said to the audience, while receiving a tribute from the USTA. “I hoped I would put a better show today. It was really tough to know that it was maybe my last one. It was emotionally really tough.”

“Thank you New York for an amazing Grand Slam. I’m happy to be here as my last dance. Thank you to my husband and coach. Thank you to my agent. My family back home, my parents. They sacrificed a lot for me at the beginning. My ex coaches as well. Thank you. It’s been a long and amazing journey. Thank you very much.”

Kvitova, mother of Petr since July 2024, is aged 35. Kvitová expressed interest in staying connected to tennis in some capacity, but not as a coach. Let’s wait for her plans!

Parry, ranked No 106, will play the winner of the match between American Madison Keys, the No 6 seed, and Mexican Renata Zarazua next.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90.000.000, most recent results first):

• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Coco Gauff
• Greet Minnen vs. Naomi Osaka
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Donna Vekic vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Anastasia Zakharova vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Solana Sierra
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin
• Francesca Jones vs. Eva Lys
• Laura Siegemund vs. Diana Shnaider
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anastasija Sevastova
• Lois Boisson vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Danielle Collins vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Xinyu Wang
• Emiliana Arango vs. Iga Swiatek
• Suzan Lamens vs. Valerie Glozman
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sonay Kartal
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Maya Joint
• Katie Boulter vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Alycia Parks vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Venus Williams vs. Karolina Muchova
• Anna Bondar vs. Elina Svitolina
• Darja Semenistaja vs. Peyton Stearns
• Magdalena Frech vs. Talia Gibson
• Katie Volynets vs. Zeynep Sonmez
• Maria Sakkari vs. Tatjana Maria
• Ann Li vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Elsa Jacquemot vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Taylor Townsend vs. Antonia Ruzic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Julieta Pareja
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Claire Liu
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Clervie Ngounoue
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Caroline Garcia
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Iva Jovic
• Elise Mertens vs. Alyssa Ahn
• Madison Keys vs. Renata Zarazua: monday
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Victoria Mboko: monday
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Dayana Yastremska: monday
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: monday
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Priscilla Hon: monday
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Yue Yuan: monday
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-0, 6-4
• Victoria Azarenka beat Hina Inoue (Q): 7-6, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Destanee Aiava (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Anna Blinkova beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 6-3, 6-1
• Belinda Bencic (16) beat Shuai Zhang (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (10) beat Yafan Wang: 7-6 (9), 6-3
• Lulu Sun beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
• Jelena Ostapenko (25) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Catherine McNally (WC) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-2, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-5, 6-1
• Alexandra Eala beat Clara Tauson (14): 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (11)
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Olga Danilovic: 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Janice Tjen (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (24): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Emma Raducanu beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Polina Kudermetova beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 2-2 ret.
• McCartney Kessler (32) beat Magda Linette: 7-5, 7-5
• Tereza Valentova (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4