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AEGON INTERNATIONAL

June 18, 2011

Petra Kvitova

EASTBOURNE, ENGLAND

M. BARTOLI/P. Kvitova
6-1, 4-6, 7-5

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. You have had a lot of close matches this week, haven't you?
PETRA KVITOVA: Yes. I fighted a lot, but this is -- this match is whether you have to fight. It's more important. Then if you win, you are playing amazing. I'm happy for that, for sure.

Q. How did you struggle with the wind?
PETRA KVITOVA: Well, yeah. I was confused all week here. It's something for both players, and you have to fight with the wind there, also.
It's not about tennis, but you have to think how the wind came. So yeah.

Q. How big of a step was it in your career for you to reach the final here?
PETRA KVITOVA: Well, yeah. For sure it's a big step, but now I have to be focused on Wimbledon. I'm happy that I played many matches here, and it was practice a lot for Wimbledon but now is bigger tournament.

Q. How much difference did reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon last year -- you've risen up the rankings, haven't you? How much confidence did that give you?
PETRA KVITOVA: The Wimbledon or -- Wimbledon last year?

Q. Yeah.
PETRA KVITOVA: Well, yeah. Of course I played very well there, and I beat many good players. Afterwards I was confident, but I lost five first rounds in the row.
So I was thinking I have to win everything that I play, what is -- it cannot be. After this I was a little bit down mentally, so it's good experience.

Q. This year you won tournaments on three different surfaces and final today.
PETRA KVITOVA: Yeah. I thought about it in the final, actually. Yeah, it's nice. It's good that I can play on all surface.

Q. What do you think is your weakness and what is your...
PETRA KVITOVA: You mean where?

Q. In your game.
PETRA KVITOVA: Well, I think everything can be improve, fitness, tennis. So I don't know. But I have to improve everything. (Smiling.)

Q. Kim Clijsters in Paris say that probably you and Makarova are the youngest players that are the most impressive.
PETRA KVITOVA: Really? I didn't heard about it. It's nice from her. But what I can say about this? Yeah. But, you know, it's a lot of work. So we will see.

Q. You obviously reached the top 10 after Madrid. Then you went and played in Czech Republic. How different is it when you go back home? Are you much more famous now?
PETRA KVITOVA: Well, after Madrid it was very nice, because when I played there, it's many people came for watching. It was very nice.
Of course I'm famous there, but it's good for the tennis, for the fame of tennis in the Czech Republic. I'm happy for that.

Q. Can you still walk down the street without...
PETRA KVITOVA: Yeah, of course I can. (Laughter.)
It's not too bad.

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