SINGAPORE — Petra Kvitova got her WTA Finals campaign back on track with a hard fought 7-5 7-5 victory over Czech compatriot and Fed Cup team mate Lucie Safarova to record her first win of this year's elite eight-woman event on Wednesday.
Both women had lost their 'White Group' openers on Monday so were desperate to pick up a much-needed win and it was the double Wimbledon champion who made the most of her opportunities on the key points to emerge victorious.
"We actually are good friends from the Fed Cup, so I'm really glad the (final) is coming soon and we are going to be colleagues and not opponents," Kvitova told reporters.