Andrea Petkovic wants to step down
Andrea Petkovic still has some plans in tennis. In the future, however, the Darmstadt girl wants to dedicate more activities to the tennis court.
by SID
last edit: Nov 15, 2019, 04:21 pm
Tennis player Andrea Petkovic has announced that she will be short on the WTA tour next year. "I am now 32 years old, I always say: I am young for life, but old for tennis," said Petkovic of the Frankfurter Rundschau: "I will severely curtail my tournament schedule next year and give my body more rest periods to recover . "
Petkovic wants to use the time to work on her TV career. At the beginning of December, she twice presented the ZDF sports reportage, an expansion she could well imagine. "If the first two shows go well in December, I'll sit down with the ZDF officials and put the stakes into my tournament schedule, and tennis is still my priority," said the former French Open semi-finalist.
Sporty Petkovic wants to focus mainly on the big tournaments. "Playing the Grand Slam tournaments and challenging the ten-year-younger, incredibly talented, best female tennis players in the world gives me an incentive and a lot of fun, and I'm sure I'll be up for some surprise Good, "she said.