Tennis champ ‘badly shaken’ and ‘fortunate to be alive’ after knife attack

The 26-year-old tennis star suffered a left hand injury and has been treated by doctors.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has been attacked with a knife and robbed in her home in Prostejove, Czech Republic, her publicist Karel Tejkal has said.

The 26-year-old injured her racket-holding left hand in the assault, which saw 5,000 Czech Koruna (around €185) stolen, according to sport.cz.