Kvitova calls time on tennis career

35-year-old, currently ranked at 572 in world, reached a career-high ranking of 2 in 2011

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Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova announced Thursday that she will be retiring from the professional tennis circuit after this year's US Open.

The 35-year-old Czech, who is currently ranked down at 572 in the world, reached a career-high ranking of 2 in 2011 when she won the first of her two Wimbledon titles.

She triumphed again in 2014 and went on to reach the final of the Australian Open in 2019.

This week she was handed a wildcard entry for one last outing on the grass courts of south-west London.