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Petra Kvitova released from hospital after knife attack

Czech Republic's tennis player Petra Kvitova holds a statement for media in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Two-time Wimbledon champion was injured Tuesday Dec. 20, 2016 when a knife-wielding intruder attacked her at her home in the town of Prostejov. Kvitova underwent nearly four hour surgery on her left hand. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Czech Republic's tennis player Petra Kvitova holds a statement for media in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Two-time Wimbledon champion was injured Tuesday Dec. 20, 2016 when a knife-wielding intruder attacked her at her home in the town of Prostejov. Kvitova underwent nearly four hour surgery on her left hand. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Czech Republic's tennis player Petra Kvitova holds a statement for media in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Two-time Wimbledon champion was injured Tuesday Dec. 20, 2016 when a knife-wielding intruder attacked her at her home in the town of Prostejov. Kvitova underwent nearly four hour surgery on her left hand. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

PRAGUE (AP) – Petra Kvitova says she’s determined to play tennis again – no matter what that involves after a knife-wielding intruder attacked her inside her home and injured her playing hand.

The two-time Wimbledon champion was released from hospital on Friday, three days after she was operated on following injuries suffered in the attack in the town of Prostejov.

With a big bandage covering her left hand and forearm, Kvitova said she was told by the surgeon who operated on her in a specialized clinic in the northern town of Vysoke nad Jizerou on Tuesday that her recovery is “looking good and without complications.”

“I feel better day by day,” she told reporters in Prague.

“Yesterday morning during a session (with) the doctor, I was able to move the fingers on my left hand which I think … was the greatest Christmas present I could have wished for.”