While speaking to reporters following a 6-1, 6-0 loss to Diane Perry in the first round at Flushing Meadows, the last tournament for Kvitova before retirement, the 35-year-old left-hander was in a good mood, smiling or laughing at some of her own answers.

Former Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova bid adieu to the sport after her first-round exit from the US Open. Kvitova, who had already announced that the US Open would be her last tournament, wanted to come to New York and call it quits from a Grand Slam despite not being at her best physically.

In her first-round morning match, Petra Kvitova retired from professional tennis after losing 6-1, 6-0 to Frenchwoman Dianne Parry at the Grandstand on Day 2 of the year’s Grand Slam finale in Flushing. Very few fans were there to witness the event, as traffic chaos prevented many from entering the grounds for the 11 a.m. match start.