KVITOVA PUTS TOILET TROUBLES BEHIND HER

MELBOURNE: Double Wimbledon success Petra Kvitova has spent approximately as much time along toilet as process courts currently but showed absolutely no sign on sickness in experiencing her Australian Open underway Week.

The Czech sixth seed offers had both the wrong possible lead-up towards the year's opening Grand Slam, to a gastro error pushing her open on the Shenzhen Open up and Sydney International, exactly where she was protecting champion.

However the intense baseliner put the ordeal powering her in both the first close to, flowing past Thai qualifier Kumkhum 6-3, 6-1 beneath 70 minutes in fire heat upon Rod Laver Scene.

It remained repay for the Czech, that droped at the starting hurdle to Kumkhum beneath 2014.

"I had one heavy off-season with workout and tennis preparing and when I got to China I went into stomach disease and something and also I was just lounging around and also moving quite often towards the bathroom for 8 to nine time," Kvitova said.

"Considerably I did not eat effectively and I lost some weight and also that's why I exited on Sydney as well.

"However I am feeling bigger now."

Kvitova, who is actively playing in him eighth Australian Open up, with one semi-final appearance in 2012 him best showing already, broke both the Thai star to be able to go 5-3 obvious in the opening decideded then helped open in 36 time.

She handled the energy in the second decideded, racing 3-0 obvious prior to her opponent draw a break side. But it was not enough too past due, for the world record six clinching the meet on one Kumkhum multiple fault.

"I am very pleased with how I enjoyed today, how I completed the nerves and also it," Kvitova said.

"At first rounds are usually very strong and also for me personally this was my personal first match of season considerably I am really glad just how I did."

Kvitova is forthcoming off a heavy 2015 where she earneded title in Sydney, Madrid and also New Haven, and making both the decider of season-ending WTA Finals that Post Agnieszka Radwanska won.

She following faces local dream Daria Gavrilova who suffered other Czech, Lucie Hradecka.