By Erik Gudris | Saturday, September 27, 2014

In a performance reminiscent of the one that made her Wimbledon champion again, Petra Kvitova used her power game to win another title. This time a victory at the Wuhan Open on Saturday that also qualifies her for the upcoming WTA championships in Singapore.

"From the beginning my season was really tough," Kvitova said to the Straits Times. If somebody told me at the Australian Open that I would win Wimbledon and still be fighting for Singapore, I'm not sure I would have believed them."

Facing her across the net was No. 8 seed Eugenie Bouchard of Canada who lost to Kvitova in the Wimbledon final. During the opening set, Bouchard probably felt a touch of deja vu as Kvitova's power appeared to overwhelm the Canadian.

Kvitova, jumping out to an early 3-0 lead, never faced a break point on her massive serve. With 12 sizzling winners, she soon wrapped up the set 6-3

Bouchard started making her presence felt in the second set. The Canadian finally got break point chances at the one hour mark of the match. Kvitova saved both, one with a line clipping forehand winner.

Serving for the match up 5-2, Kvitova ran into trouble as she fell behind 0-40. Her response? An ace followed by two big serves that made the crowd utter a collecting "Wow!" Kvitova faltered though and after a lengthy game surrendered her serve.

She would get another chance to serve it out up 5-4 and this time would not let go of her lead. With a final big serve, Kvitova sealed the 6-3, 6-4 victory for her third title of the season and 14th of her career.

During the trophy ceremony, Kvitova acknowledged the recent retirement of her fried and Wuhan native Li Na. "Also, I know everybody wished to have Li Na here standing with us, but we will remember her with this trophy. I'm just glad she's happy now; I hope she's going to be happy for the rest of her life."