Porsche Tennis Grand Prix: Andrea Petkovic doesn't give up yet
Andrea Petkovic has long since built up a second professional pillar as the presenter of the ZDF "sports reportage" and as an author. She doesn't succeed much on the WTA tour. Your performance in Stuttgart was disappointing.
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last edit: Apr 20, 2021, 02:53 pm
Andrea Petkovic easily parried the question about Annalena Baerbock, the Greens' candidate for Chancellor. "Well, I was happy," said Petkovic: "Because otherwise we don't have a woman in the race for Chancellor."
Sure, the well-read, 33-year-old tennis player is also at home in the field of politics and can classify the situation in a well-founded manner, after all she is well known through her book publisher with Baerbock's co-party leader Robert Habeck. Petkovic, also presenter of the ZDF sports report and author, is as versatile as hardly any professional athlete.
Petkovic - "There is nothing like tennis
For financial reasons, "Petko" no longer has to pick up the bat, travel around and compete on the WTA tour. But she really wants to and postponed a career end targeted for 2020. At the moment, however, she's not doing much on the tour. "I do it for myself. I do it for no one else," she said on Monday evening after the clear 2: 6, 2: 6 defeat against the strong Greek Maria Sakkari at the home tournament in Stuttgart: "There is nothing like tennis. "
She didn't have much fun against Sakkari. Her performance was "poor", said Petkovic: "Well, I wasn't happy. In other words, I actually said the other way around, I served very, very, very poorly to catastrophically and she played very well." The former world number ninth and Paris semi-finalist has two wins in five tournaments in 2021. She no longer has the impact of her best sporting phase between 2011 and 2015.
Madrid and Rome as the next stops
For a long time, Petkovic put the bruised knee out of action, which ultimately led to a change in the statics and thus to the lumbago, which last affected her. "There are a few little things that make it difficult for me to get into the rhythm," said the Darmstadt resident, who recently picked up a set from top player Sofia Kenin in Miami. But the situation without a spectator also affects her. As an emotional player, she lacks the "extra spark" to "push herself beyond the limits".
Petkovic hopes that the situation will soon improve and that she will be able to convert her good training performance into tournament results with more match practice. It continues for them in Madrid and Rome, then the French Open (from May 30th) will be in sight. In Paris at the latest, she wants to talk more about sporting successes again.
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