Wimbledon: Grass is greener on the Kvitova side as Czech extends win streak to eight matches

The Czech will face the winner of the match between Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 6 seed, and Canadian Bianca Andreescu in the fourth round

Petra Kvitova at 2023 Wimbledon Image Credit: Action Plus / Panoramic

Haresh Ramchandani

July 8, 2023

Wimbledon •Third round • completed

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N. StevanovicvsP. Kvitova

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is back in the fourth round at the All England Club after beating Serb qualifier Natalija Stevanovic 6-3, 7-5 in London on Saturday.

This was the Czech woman’s eighth consecutive on grass this season after winning the title in Berlin two weeks ago. It also puts her back into the last 16 at Wimbledon for only the second time since her 2014 triumph.

Fourth round ticket booked 🎟️@Petra_Kvitova is through after defeating Natalija Stevanovic 6-3, 7-5 #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/rgaZohfF4s
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 8, 2023

Kvitova, ranked No 9 in the world, will face the winner of the match between Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 6 seed, and Canadian Bianca Andreescu next.

The Czech southpaw defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini (6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1) and Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (6-2, 6-2) earlier in the week.

Stevanovic, ranked No 225, won against No 18 seed Karolina Pliskova (6-2, 6-3) and German lucky loser Tamara Korpatsch (7-5, 7-5) in her first two rounds of the main draw after coming through the qualifying event here.

London (Grand Slam), other third-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16,077,000):