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Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova said she would do everything she could to return to tennis after her playing hand was badly injured in a knife attack that will keep her out of the sport for at least six months.
Kvitova was wounded on Tuesday when she fought off an intruder at her home in the Czech Republic, damaging all the fingers on her left hand.
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World number 11 Petra Kvitova has been injured in knife a attack in her home.
The world No.11 addressed the media directly for the first time on Friday after an operation to repair the tendons in her hand. She said she was determined to get back to playing.
"I have no choice but to look ahead, and not back, to see how everything will develop," she told a news conference, at times smiling and laughing.
"It does not really matter to me how long it will take (to play again), whether it is three months, six months, a year or however long. But certainly I want to return one day and I will do everything possible to do so."
Kvitova said she had been able to move her fingers in a session with doctors on Thursday, which she called "the greatest Christmas present".
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"I never received so many (supportive) messages in my life at a moment," she said. "I really appreciate that."
Martina Navratilova was among those who wished Kvitova well.