petra_kvitova_reuters.jpg Petra Kvitova suffered severe wounds to her hand and took 18 months to return to tennis. Kvitova suffered severe wounds to her playing left hand as she struggled with the knife-wielding intruder in December 2016. I held the blade with my left hand. Though she had felt no pain when the attacker cut her hand, Kvitova said: "When I saw the blood, I started blubbing". "All the fingers on my left hand had been cut, and the nerves in my thumb and index finger severed.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 06, 2019 20:26 UTC