Andrea Petkovic wants to hang on for another year
Andrea Petkovic wants to add another year of tennis due to the Corona break. The focus should be on the big and close tournaments.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: May 04, 2020, 10:38 pm
Petkovic had actually planned 2020 as a "year off", as a farewell year from tennis. Her transition to life afterwards had already sparked a few months ago, with the moderation of the ZDF sports report, among other things. After all, Petkovic is considered a person with many interests. Most recently, she had founded a book club.
"I don't want Corona to end my career, " she told FAZ . "I tend to keep playing, but less overall and with a focus on the big tournaments and those that are near me, like Bad Homburg or Berlin."
She currently trains on the court for an hour a day "to stay in the swing and keep me fit", otherwise fitness is the order of the day. The plan is to go to the training camp a month before the tour starts again. When and whether that will still be in 2020 is open. The tour will be stopped until July 13th , only national tournament series are currently being planned. "The only thing I can imagine this year is a Grand Slam tournament without an audience. Because these big tournaments could afford it, but I don't know how smaller tournaments could do it without an audience," knows also Petkovic.
The US Open are currently still on schedule and want to make a decision in mid-June to relocate them in terms of time or space or to cancel; the French Open has already been postponed to late summer in September. A sand series around Roland Garros seems conceivable here, whether with or without a spectator, is also in the stars. Petkovic apparently expects Paris at best. "It is actually what I think most likely," said the 32-year-old, who reached the semifinals in 014 at Bois de Boulogne: "That Paris will be able to do this without viewers, only with TV money."