Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova moved up to 12th in the WTA rankings released Monday as she made a winning comeback from a knife attack by lifting the Birmingham title.
The 27-year-old Czech was playing just her second tournament since recovering from severe injuries to her left playing hand suffered while fighting off a knife-wielding burglar at her home in December.
Kvitova – who hit a career-high number two ranking in October 2011 – will be bidding to add to her two Wimbledon titles in 2011 and 2014 starting on July 3. Kvitova, though, has pulled out of the Wimbledon warm-up at Eastbourne this week with an abdominal injury, the WTA reported on Monday.
