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Petra Kvitova: Tennis star tells court of knife attack horror

Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova has given a graphic testimony at the trial of the man accused of stabbing her in her home in the Czech Republic.

She suffered damage to ligaments and tendons in her playing left hand when fighting off an intruder.

"There was blood all over the place," she said via video-link to avoid being in the same room as the suspect.

The star had surgery for her injuries and returned to tennis five months after the December 2016 attack.

She testified via video-link to avoid being in the same room as the suspect.