Tennis: Kvitová loses Linz WTA event final

Czech tennis player Petra Kvitová lost to Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer 3:6 and 4:6 in the final of the WTA event in Linz, Austria, on Sunday The unseeded Czech did not put up much resistance, and was always behind Wickmmayer, seeded third, who converted the first match point. For 19-year-old Kvitová, Linz was the second WTA event final in her career.