Complex sentence: Kvitová began the grass court swing at the Aegon Classic Birmingham, where she defeated both Tereza Smitková and Naomi Broady in straight sets to reach her first quarterfinal of 2017, also her first on grass since the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.
Split into simpler sentences: Kvitová began the grass court swing at the Aegon Classic Birmingham. She defeated both Tereza Smitková and Naomi Broady in straight sets to reach her first quarterfinal of 2017, her first on grass since the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.