Paris – Andrea Petkovic has been eliminated in the second round at the French Open. The 34-year-old from Darmstadt lost in Paris against Viktoria Asarenka from Belarus 1:6, 6:7 (3:7).
Petkovic got off to a weak start against the former tennis world number one, dropping the first set in just 34 minutes. After that, the Fed Cup player improved and was quickly a break ahead in the second set. At 5:4, Petkovic even missed a set point, but a little later Asarenka made it perfect in a tiebreak after a total of 1:48 hours.
