French Open 2020 - 'She's lucky!' - Petra Kvitova celebrates too early and is nearly embarrassed

ByDan Quarrell

Updated 08/10/2020 at 15:53 GMT

Petra Kvitova began to turn away in celebration before realising that the rally was still ongoing in a bizarre and entertaining point during her French Open 2020 semi-final against Sofia Kenin at Roland Garros. The Czech star managed to gather herself and still win the point to avoid any embarrassment in Paris.

There was a very strange and unusual situation during Petra Kvitova's French Open 2020 semi-final against Sofia Kenin as the Czech celebrated a point too early.

In a bizarre point, the seventh seed turned away to celebrate and clench her fist before quickly realising that Kenin had got the ball back in play.

It was an amusing moment, and fortunately for Kvitova one which did not leave her red-faced as she still regained her poise to win the point.

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You can watch the point as it played out with the below video:

'She's lucky!' - Kvitova celebrates too early and is nearly embarrassed

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"She was lucky, Kvitova!" said Eurosport commentator Simon Reed.

"She was not as alert as she should have been at the net. She suddenly realised it was going over!"

Former French Open semi-finalist Jo Durie agreed with Reed on commentary and added:

"She had turned her back, actually!"

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