Kvitova vows to return to tennis

PRAGUE — Petra Kvitova says she’s determined to play tennis again — no matter what that involves after a knifewielding intruder attacked her inside her home and injured her playing hand.

The two-time Wimbledon champion was released from a hospital on Friday, three days after she was operated on following injuries suffered in the attack in the town of Prostejov.

With a big bandage covering her left hand and forearm, Kvitova said she was told by the surgeon who operated on her in a specialized clinic in the northern town of Vysoke nad Jizerou on Tuesday that her recovery is “looking good and without complications.” Doctors estimate it will take her about six months to return to tennis.

“I feel better day by day,” she told reporters in Prague.

Kvitova thanked other players, fans, her family, team and doctors for messages of support she had received. Martina Navratilova was among those who wished Kvitova “a speedy recovery.”

“We can’t wait to see you back on court again,” the tennis great tweeted.

Kvitova suffered damage to the tendons in her left hand, along with injuries to all five fingers and two nerves.

Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, said she didn’t want to look back and talk about Tuesday’s incident. The attacker is still at large.