Petra Kvitova 's professional tennis career is over. The former two time Wimbledon champion has bid farewell to the sport at the US Open losing comfortably to Diane Parry 6-1, 6-0 in just under an hour on Grandstand.

What was perhaps alarming was the lack of crowd on Grandstand at the US Open with Kvitova shunted onto a Monday morning slot at Flushing Meadows instead of being given perhaps a better spot and a farewell befitting.

But despite being well beaten by Parry and her tennis career coming to a final end, Kvitova ends as one of the best of the modern era. She has won 31 WTA titles, two Wimbledon crowns, t he WTA Finals, nine WTA 1000 titles and is a former World No.2.

This in an era with players such as Angelique Kerber , Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Caroline Wozniacki

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