Petra Kvitova Steamrolls Eugenie Bouchard In Wimbledon Final

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Petra Kvitova Steamrolls Eugenie Bouchard In Wimbledon Final
By Ken Miller, Lawn Tennis Analyst, Posted: Sunday, July 20, 2014 7:50pm PST USA

LONDON-- At Wimbledon in the ladies’ final, the 6th seeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic overpowered the 13th seeded Eugenie Bouchard of Canada in only 55 minutes.

In set one after two holds of serve at 1 all with Bouchard serving, the Canadian netted a forehand down the line to set up break point. Kvitova converted to break serve to reach 2-1 with a powerful crosscourt forehand winner.

The set remained on serve until 2-4 with Bouchard serving down a break.

A Kvitova crosscourt forehand winner followed by a Kvitova backhand down the line winner put the score at 0-30. A backhand down the line hit long from the Czech left-hander made the score 15-30 before a Bouchard double fault set up breakpoint at 15-40.

Kvitova took a 5-2 lead after striking a forehand down the line winner to break serve.

However Kvitova would lose her following service game after netting a backhand down the line at 15-40 to reach 5-3.

With the Canadian serving to stay in the set, she unfortunately quickly fell behind in her service game

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic

The 20 year old Bouchard won only 10 points throughout the second set.

0-40 following a Kvitova crosscourt backhand return winner. Bouchard saved two set points before hitting a backhand down the line wide to drop her serve and the set.

In set two, hitting harder and with more angles and confidence, Kvitova held serve, broke serve, then held serve again to go ahead 3-0; winning the last gamepoint with a 113 miles per hour ace down the tee.

Serving at 0-3, Bouchard went ahead 40-15 before hitting a forehand down the line wide to reach 40-30. Two Kvitova forehand winners set up breakpoint.

Kvitova broke serve to reach 4-0 after a Bouchard backhand down the line landed wide.

The Czech held serve at love then went ahead 15-30 in the final game of the match after hitting a down the line forehand return winner.

With Bouchard serving to stay in the match two points from defeat, she struck an inside out down the line forehand winner to reach 30 all.

However on the following point, the Canadian netted a backhand down the line to face matchpoint. A trademark Kvitova crosscourt backhand winner, her 28th winner for the day, ended the match 6-3, 6-0. By contrast the 20 year old Bouchard had won only 10 points throughout the second set.

The 24 year old Kvitova won her only other grand slam title also at Wimbledon in 2011.