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Petra Kvitova: I thought I wouldn't play tennis again

Two-time Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova has described how she thought her tennis career was over after a knife attack left her with a badly damaged hand.

Kvitova suffered multiple injuries during a knife attack by an intruder in the Czech Republic in December 2016.

The 11th seed is joint favourite for Wimbledon after victory at the Aegon Championships. She told 5 live Breakfast: “There were days when I [thought] I wouldn’t be able to move my fingers properly, to play tennis again and then suddenly I won a trophy, it’s kind of a happy-ending story.â€

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Monday 3 July 2017.

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