- Petra Kvitova has pledged to try and move on after being stabbed last year
- The double Wimbledon champion was attacked as an intruder entered her flat
- Czech police have formally ended their investigation into the incident
Double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova pledged that she would try and move on from the horrendous stabbing attack she suffered last year after Czech police formally ended the investigation.
They announced on Thursday that they were closing their inquiries into the events of December 20, when Kvitova was stabbed in her apartment in the town of Prostejov.
The man gained entry by claiming to be utilities worker wanting to read energy meters, and she required major surgery to her left hand to save her career after she fended off the knife-wielding intruder.
Petra Kvitova has pledged to try and move on from the horrendous stabbing attack last year
‘I’m aware of the news in the Czech Republic today,’ she said. ‘ The attack last December is thankfully in the past. I am in Dubai working hard on my pre-season training and focusing on playing some good tennis next year.’
No significant arrests were made despite her being able to provide a photo fit picture of the attacker, and his identity looks set to remain a mystery.
‘It was not possible to find facts that would warrant launching prosecution (of any specific person),’ police spokeswoman Jitka Dolejsova said in a statement.
Kvitova, 27, was ranked 11th in the world at the time of the attack, in which she sustained injuries to tendons in all four fingers and the thumb on her left hand.
The double Wimbledon champion was stabbed in the hand after an intruder entered her flat
Czech police have announced they have formally ended their investigation of the incident
She returned to competitive tennis in May, getting knocked out in the second round at the French Open. The left-hander won the Aegon Classic in Birmingham in June before exiting Wimbledon in the second round.
Kvitova made it to the U.S. Open quarter-finals and is now ranked 29th in the world.