Andrea Petkovic for reading - autobiography is coming in October
Ace ace Andrea Petkovic also used the Corona period for her literary projects. Her autobiography will be published on October 8, and she has founded a digital book club.
by SID
last edit: Jul 14, 2020, 03:38 pm
Andrea Petkovic quickly got over the early end of the invitation tournament in Berlin. She was satisfied with her performance at 4: 6 and 1: 6 against two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) in the first game after more than ten months. In addition, until the second tournament in Berlin on Friday in the Tempelhof airport hangar, she can now devote herself more to her other passions - reading and writing.
Because Petkovic is not just a hobby reader and casual writer. She is a big fan of literature and spends a lot of time in her passion. After a long preparatory phase, her autobiography "The night lies between glory and honor" is released on October 8th. In addition, the 32-year-old founded the digital book club Racquet Book Club on Instagram during the corona break. Several thousand followers already belong to the community.
Petkovic's literary freedoms
Her biography is not a classic life story, but an "autofiction", as she likes to explain. Her life in 22 chapters on 286 pages is not always presented as it really was. "Some things are literary," revealed the top German player in Berlin in an interview with SID.
The former world ranking ninth wrote as a child, published texts and columns in the United States and Germany. "Writing helps me to structure my thoughts. I always have a lot of thoughts at once, I have to organize them when I write," says Petkovic and explains: "This also helps me to deal with myself."
Dostoevsky as a door opener
Demanding texts are also in the foreground at her book club on Instagram. Petkovic, who also works as a presenter for ZDF, suggests four book titles every six to eight weeks, and the community then decides which title to read. This is followed by comments and discussions.
The literature fever broke out when she received a book from the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky from her father. "Once you've read this literature, it's hard to get away from it," she said. However, her great love is Ernest Hemingway, although he is considered more of a male writer. "Regardless of whether it's war, hunting or bullfighting, I see a lot of parallels to sport and tennis in his way of writing," explains Petko.
Petkovic experienced again in Berlin that she cannot always dedicate herself to the valued literature. An anonymous user scolded her after her loss to Kvitova: "You are so terrible. I think you should stop playing tennis and do something else. You will always be average."
Petkovic responded confidently via Twitter and rejected the user: "I missed that! Bro, did you live under a stone?", She wrote back and mentioned that she now has three occupations at the same time. In the end, she was forgiving. If he knew how to return Kvitova's left-handed surcharges on the grass, he should get in touch. A confident response from the Darmstadt resident, who can handle not only the racket, but also words.