(CNN) -- When Petra Kvitova won her first grand slam title and the season-ending championships in 2011, big things were expected of the Czech tennis player. 

It's been a bumpy ride since, as the Czech struggled to live up to expectations last year, but Saturday's victory in the Dubai Tennis Championships final is evidence that the 22-year-old is getting back on track. 

Kvitova overcame a mid-match scare to beat last year's French Open finalist Sara Errani 6-2 1-6 6-1 to become the first player from her country to win the $2 million tournament. 

"I'm glad how I'm playing right now -- that's the important thing for me," said Kvitova, who had not won two matches in a row at a WTA event since August before last week's Doha tournament. 

"I'm not thinking this is a turning point for me. Yes, it was a lot of great players here and it was hard to beat them, but I'm still just thinking about my game. That's the priority." 

It was the former Wimbledon champion's first title in six months, and her biggest since the WTA Championships in Istanbul, as the world No. 8 took home the $442,000 first prize. 

It capped a big week for Kvitova, who beat former world No. 1 and 2011 Dubai champion Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals after ending the title defense of fourth-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska following a straight-sets win over Ana Ivanovic. 

She has bounced back from a shock second-round loss to British teenager Laura Robson at January's Australian Open and a surprise defeat by French wild-card entry Kristina Mladenovic at the Paris Open, winning both matches as the Czechs thrashed Australia in the first match of their Fed Cup title defense. 
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won her first grand slam title and the season-ending championships in 2011
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It's been a bumpy ride since, as the Czech struggled to live up to expectations last year
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Kvitova overcame a mid-match scare to beat last year's French Open finalist Sara Errani
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 last year's French Open
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who had not won two matches in a row at a WTA event since Augus
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 Sara Errani 6-2 1-6 6-1
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and 2011 Dubai champion Caroline Wozniacki
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 fourth-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska
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and a surprise defeat by French wild-card entry Kristina Mladenovic at the Paris Open
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shock second-round loss to British teenager Laura Robson
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shock second-round loss
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Saturday's victory in the Dubai Tennis Championships