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Petra Kvitova Knife Attack: Warning - graphic photos in post 806

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:sad: Petra







































 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Was Attacked In Her Flat & Is Injured

According to the article Petra isn't seriously injured, but hopefully she will be also mentally OK. Last year my grandmother was robbed being in the flat in the same time. Fortunately robber didn't injure her, but she still hasn't fully recovered from this.
 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Was Attacked In Her Flat & Is Injured

Wtf? :unsure: Petra :hug:
 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Was Attacked In Her Flat & Is Injured

omg...

I mean, I just realized she has withdrawn from Hopman Cup and then this news appears :eek:

I've read that she was attacked with a knife? This is horrible :tears: I'm glad she isn't heavily injured but I really hope she would be fine, physically and mentally.
 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Was Attacked In Her Flat & Is Injured

So she has ruptured ligaments in her left hand. It isn't serious injury, but still not good, because it has tendency to return.

She's been attacked by a knife wirlding madman , id worry about thr mental scarring more, Petras a sweet girl.
 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Was Attacked In Her Flat & Is Injured

:eek: That is awful news. Best wishes go out to Petra.

I hope she is not traumatised by this experience and her hand injury isn't serious.

The experience of a home intrusion certainly left Anna Chakvetadze a changed person. It's horrible to hear of something similar happening to another player.

Does the article say the intruder was posing as an electricity meter reader? I can't quite understand the translation.
 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Was Attacked In Her Flat & Is Injured

Does the article say the intruder was posing as an electricity meter reader? I can't quite understand the translation.
I think so.

Chances are the robber knew Kvitova lived there alone and assumed she had €€€ or other valuables easy to carry such as jewelry lying around. What he probably didn't expect was for her to fight back. But he may also have picked a home to raid more or less at random if the neighbourhood was visibly upscale - which doesn't seem to be the case.

I suppose we become used to this sort of speculation on motivations due to constant terrorist attacks.
 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Was Attacked In Her Flat & Is Injured

They sure it was a random burgler? (especially the 'random' part I'm questioning)

What items did he take away then?

Let's hope this wasn't something more malevolent (another sad case of deliberate targeting of an athlete à la Tanya Harding/Monica Seles)
 
#21 ·
Re: Petra Kvitova Was Attacked In Her Flat & Is Injured

How are they so sure it was a random burgler?

What did he take away then?

Let's hope this wasn't something more evil (another case of deliberate targeting of an athlete (à la Tanya Harding/Monica Seles)
One of the articles seems to say the intruder took away 5.000 CZK.

But yes, I guess a murder attempt by some psycho going after Kvitova isn't entirely unlikely.
 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Attacked By Knife Wielding Thieves Rushed 2 Hospital With Hand Inju

sheesh. :sobbing:

That's horrible and shocking news. I hope she can recover swiftly both physically and psychologically. How degenerate our world is becoming daily! I fear it means she may need to miss the AO...
 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Attacked By Knife Wielding Thieves Rushed 2 Hospital With Hand Inju

The fact that the wounds were inflicted to Petra's left hand/arm sort of bugs me. I mean, Petra is fully left-handed and if she was trying to fight off the attacker she'd go in with her strongest arm first, but it's like the attacker knew where to slash her to cause the heaviest damage he could to a left-handed pro tennis player.

So regardless of what the news stories are saying, I don't think it's mere paranoia not to discard the deliberate attack targeting Petra option just yet.
 
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Re: Petra Kvitova Attacked By Knife Wielding Thieves Rushed 2 Hospital With Hand Inju

The fact that the wounds were inflicted to Petra's left hand/arm sort of bugs me. I mean, Petra is fully left-handed and if she was trying to fight off the attacker she'd go in with her strongest arm first, but it's like the attacker knew where to slash her to cause the heaviest damage he could to a left-handed pro tennis player.

So regardless of what the news stories are saying, I don't think it's mere paranoia not to discard the deliberate attack targeting Petra option just yet.
Why are there no police or other authority reports? Still too early for that?

All the information so far (that it was burglary and was random and the injuries) is all originating from her spokesman/publicist Karel Tejkal
 
#33 ·
Re: Petra Kvitova Attacked By Knife Wielding Thieves Rushed 2 Hospital With Hand Inju

This is the worst news of all.

It's like it's happened to one of my own friends.

I just hate it when bad things happen to good people.

So awful.
 
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