The Heroine of the Week Is Petra Kvitová
- 11. 03. 2021
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Tennis player who won the Wimbledon Women's Singles in 2011 and 2014, the 2011 Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, and the Fed Cup six times with other Czech teammates.
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