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Kvitova fights back to reach Australian Open quarter-finals

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AFP Melbourne
Last Updated : Jan 26 2020 | 9:20 AM IST

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova set up a potential clash with top seed Ashleigh Barty in the Australian Open quarter-finals after fighting back to defeat Maria Sakkari in three sets on Sunday.

The Czech seventh seed lost the first set before winning 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-2 to ruin Sakkari's hopes of becoming the first Greek woman to reach the last eight of a Grand Slam.

The 2019 finalist Kvitova will face either Australia's world number one Barty or the American 18th seed Alison Riske next in Melbourne.

"It's pretty tough to play Maria, I lost to her last time," said Kvitova, the 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon winner.

"I had to fight pretty hard."

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First Published: Jan 26 2020 | 9:20 AM IST

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