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04/02/2023
Czech tennis star Petra Kvitová won the WTA Miami Open on Saturday after beating Elena Rybakina 7:5 6:2. The 33-year-old two-time Wimbledon champion said after the game that her victory shows she can stil play with the best and dominate major tournaments. It will also move her back into the top 10 of the WTA womens rankings where Kvitová currently occupies the 12th position.
The key moment in the game was the tie-break in the first set, which Kvitová eventually won by 16 points to 14, beating five of Rybakina's set points.
She is the first Czech woman to win the Miami Open and the second oldest woman to achieve victory in the Sunshine State tournament after Serena Williams.
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04/01/2023
Temperatures are expected to range around 7 degrees Celsius on Sunday, with overcast skies and rainfall likely in the southern and eastern parts of the country.
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04/01/2023
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová expressed criticism of the All England Club’s decision to allow Russian and Belarussian tennis players to partake in this year’s British Grand Slam. The statement was made at a press conference after Kvitová’s victory in the semi-finals of the Miami Open. She also said that she believes tennis players from both countries shouldn’t be able to compete at the Olympics.
Last year, in reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the All England Club, which organizes the tournament, banned Russian and Belarussian tennis players from playing at Wimbledon. However, the decision led to the ATP and WTA removing arguably the most prestigious Grand Slam from its world ranking points system. The Czech tennis player also expressed praise for the decision that was made by the organizers of Wimbledon last year.
The British Grand Slam is set to take place in July.
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04/01/2023
The long-awaited Milan Kundera Library opened within the spaces of the Moravian Library in Brno on April 1, the day of the famous writer's 94th birthday. The library features more than 3,000 publications by the author, as well as related works by literary critics and his personal archive, which was transported from France to Kundera’s city of origin last year.
The library will serve not just as a reading room, but also as a place for readers’ discussions, public readings and for meetings with Czech and foreign authors to reflect on Kundera’s worldwide acclaim
The opening was attended by Culture Minister Martin Baxa and the head of the Moravian Library Tomáš Kubíček.
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04/01/2023
The Prague Half Marathon took place in the Czech capital this Saturday, with both the male and female categories being won by Kenyans. Roncer Kipkorir Konga finished the race in first place within the men’s category with a time of 59:43. Patrik Vebr was the fastest Czech with a total time of 1:05:42 and finished 11th overall.
Keyna’s Irine Jepchumba Kimais was the fastest woman, with a time of 1:06:00. Moira Stewart, a Prague-born long-distance runner with partial Scottish heritage, was the fastest Czech, coming in just under seven minutes behind the winner. However, she said after the race that she was dissatisfied with the result as it was insufficient to qualify for the world championships.
The annual race takes place around the city’s Vltava river in the centre of Prague.
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04/01/2023
Hundreds of castles, palaces and other national monuments administered by the National Heritage Institute are opening up to the public this Saturday, April 1, as the tourist season officially starts in Czechia. On the occasion, the institute has also organized various new tours in several monuments across the country. This year, it also plans to mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Baroque architect Jan Blažej.
Privately owned chateaus that still belong to their original aristocratic owners are also opening.
Czechia’s rich architectural and cultural heritage traditionally draws millions of domestic and foreign visitors every year. In 2022, 3.4 million people were registered as visitors by the National Heritage Institute.
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03/31/2023
Saturday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain around the country and day temperatures between 8 and 12 degrees Celsius.
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03/31/2023
A Czech senator has come under fire from all sides for suggesting that Romany schoolchildren would benefit from being placed in separate classes because they would not feel discriminated against. The statement goes against the government’s policy of inclusion in schools and immediately came under fire from Romany organizations, members of the ruling parties and the Commissioner for Human Rights Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková. Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said Senator Hamplová’s address to the upper chamber was “a show of blatant racism that was beyond belief in the present day and age”.
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03/31/2023
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský is attending a summit of the Bucharest Nine group in Lodz, Poland. The groups’ foreign ministers are debating security issues and coordinating various forms of assistance to Ukraine in defense against Russia. Among the issues discussed is NATO's expansion to Sweden and Finland.
The B-9 group was established in Bucharest in 2015 in response to security concerns stemming from Russia’s annexation of Crimea and comprises states from NATO’s eastern flank. They are Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania.
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03/31/2023
Saturday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain around the country and day temperatures between 8 and 12 degrees Celsius.
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