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Kvitova upbeat after a horrifying year that nearly destroyed her career

Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova in a past action in Strasbourg, Eastern France. [Photo:AFP]

Czech tennis star Petra Kvitova says a year on from being the victim of a horrific knife attack she can look to the future positively having successfully returned to the World Tennis Association circuit.

The 27-year-old two-time Wimbledon champion defied expectations in returning to competition despite suffering serious wounds to her playing left hand as she fought off a knife-wielding intruder at her home in the eastern Czech town of Prostejov in December 2016.

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