PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) ­­— Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has undergone surgery to her left hand that was badly cut by a knife-wielding burglar at her home in the eastern Czech town of Prostejov yesterday, her spokesman said.

“She is having a surgery on her left hand,” spokesman Karel Tejkal told AFP, declining to elaborate.

Earlier yesterday, Tejkal said the burglary was a random crime as “nobody was going to attack or rob her as Petra Kvitova”.

“I was attacked in my apartment by an individual with a knife,” the 26-year-old Kvitova said on Facebook.

“In my attempt to defend myself, I was badly injured on my left hand,” added the left-handed world number 11.

“I am shaken, but fortunate to be alive. The injury is severe.

“I trust the doctors and I believe it will all end well. Don’t worry about me,” she added.

The police claim to have the burglar’s description, but declined to confirm media reports that Kvitova had let the burglar in as he pretended to be a maintenance worker.

The burglary adds a sombre ending to a rather lacklustre year for Kvitova, who slid from sixth in the world in January to 16th in August.

She sacked two coaches before winning the Wuhan Open in China in October after a 13-month title drought.

She added a victory at Zhuhai, China, in November, and was on the Czech Republic team that won the Fed Cup later that month, beating France for its fifth title in six years.