Petra Kvitov rallies to win Dubai Tennis Championships in three sets Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic hits a forehand to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on day 7 in Louis Armstrong Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on September 2, 2012. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Sixth-seeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic beat Italian Sara Errani in three sets to claim the Dubai Tennis Championships crown Saturday. Kvitova downed the fifth-seeded Errani 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 for her first championship of the season. Errani made the match interesting with a dominant second set in which she relied on aggressive play around the net, but Kvitova took her game up a notch in the third set and came away with her 10th career victory and first title since last summer. "I knew I had to keep fighting for every ball because she (Errani) was really on fire in the second set and continued that in the third," Kvitova said. When it was 2-1 and she missed a volley, I think that was a turning point for me.