‘There was blood all over the place’ – Petra Kvitova testifies at knife attack trial, 10 days after Australian Open final
- The two-time Wimbledon champion offered graphic detail of the attack by the 33-year-old suspect, Radim Zondra
Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova testified in the Czech Republic on Tuesday at the trial of the man who allegedly knifed her in her home.
After the December 2016 attack in her home in Prostejov, Kvitova had surgery on injuries to her playing left hand. It took the tennis star more than five months to recover.
Her testimony was requested by a lawyer for the suspect, the 33-year-old Radim Zondra.
Kvitova did not enter the trial courtroom in a regional court in the city of Brno, but testified by live video feed from a separate room to avoid facing the suspect.
In her testimony that was recorded by Czech public television, Kvitova offered some graphic details of the attack.
She said she opened the door when Zondra rang the doorbell because she expected a possible doping control. The suspect claimed he came to inspect her boiler.