It was only in December 2015 that Petra Kvitova happily announced engagement to Czech hockey player Radek Meidl and just a few months later they are no longer together. Kvitova and her fiancé actually broke up some time in May, but I didn’t want to rush to report it, as I thought it could have been just a rumor. Now I can pretty confidently say that it is true.
![Petra Kvitova - 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix](https://womenstennisblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Petra-Kvitova-2016-Porsche-Tennis-Grand-Prix.jpg)
Was Kvitova prophetic in her January’s interview with Forbes?
Interviewer: It’s a busy year for you, not only the Olympics, but you are also getting married to Czech hockey player Radek Meidl. Does it help to have an athlete as a partner?
Petra Kvitova: I’m not getting married, I’m just engaged. (Smiles)
He’s an ice hockey player, and he understands my job and I understand his. But it’s still very different. He’s playing in the winter in the Czech Republic, and I’m playing in the summer which is weird.
![No ring on her left hand at the French Open](https://womenstennisblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Petra-Kvitova-2016-French-Open.jpg)
The world No.11 Kvitova was playing the Aegon Classic Birmingham this week, but Jelena Ostapenko defeated her for the second straight time this year, in Thursday’s second-round action.