The Regional Court in Brno has sentenced Radim Žondra to eight years in
jail for a brutal knife attack on the Czech tennis star Petra Kvitová. The
33-year-old was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and unlawful entry
over the incident, which occurred at Kvitová’s home in December 2016.
Presiding judge Dagmar Bordovská said that the two-time Wimbledon
winner’s testimony had proven crucial in the case. Earlier in the trial
Kvitová had told the court that Žondra, who claimed to be a boiler
inspector, had held a knife to her throat. When the 29-year-old grabbed the
weapon, the blade cut into her left hand, leaving her with
career-threatening injuries that required major surgery.
Kvitová, who fell in the world rankings in the wake of the attack, is
currently taking part in the Miami Open, where she is in with a chance of
becoming women’s number one for the first time in her career.