St. Petersburg – Veteran Andrea Petkovic has reached the last 16 of the tennis tournament in St. Petersburg. The 34-year-old defeated Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
In the next round, Petkovic will face either Latvian Jelena Ostapenko or Wang Xinyu from China. Earlier, Jule Niemeier was eliminated. After making it into the main draw, the 22-year-old from Dortmund was defeated by sixth seed and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 2-6, 1-6. The WTA event is endowed with 768,680 dollars.
