In the quarterfinals, Petkovic lost to American qualifier Samantha Crawford in two sets. As the 15th seed, Petkovic reached the quarterfinals of the French Open. Germany went on to lose their first Fed Cup final since 1992, with a final score of 3–1 for the Czech Republic. Petkovic reaches quarterfinals in Eastbourne, where she lost to Caroline Wozniacki. In Hobart, Petkovic lost in second round to Verónica Cepede Royg. 4, Simona Halep, missing break and game points in the second set. Viele meiner Freunde haben ganze eigene, besondere Talente, die leider oft zu wenig Anerkennung und Aufmerksamkeit erhalten (ein weiterer Punkt, warum ich Politikwissenschaften studiere! At the Australian Open, Petkovic was the 22nd seed; she lost in the first round to Elizaveta Kulichkova. In ihrer Karriere gewann sie bislang sechs WTA-Turniere im Einzel: 2009 und 2014 in Bad Gastein, 2011 in Straßburg, 2014 in Charleston sowie das Tournament of Champions 2014 und 2015 in Antwerpen. Außerdem sicherte sie sich neun Einzel- und drei Doppeltitel bei ITF-Turnieren. News In the final, she faced home favorite and No. Trip down the memory lane with Belinda Bencic, Childhood photos: Gentle personality speaks through Petra Kvitova’s disarming blue eyes, Anastasija Sevastova wins the second leg of the Bett1 Aces in Berlin, Kvitova, Sevastova reach the Bett1 Aces final, Even exhibitions trigger hate comments! Playing Switzerland, Petkovic lost her rubber to Belinda Bencic and then played in doubles with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, but they lost to Bencic/Hingis in two sets. There she won her fourth title, rallying past Jana Čepelová, compatriot Dinah Pfizenmaier, Stefanie Vögele, Grace Min and Shelby Rogers in the final. [19], Apart from tennis, she likes to educate herself by reading; her favourite authors are Goethe and Wilde. At the Open GdF Suez in Paris, Petkovic reached the quarterfinals after defeating Katarina Srebotnik and number five seed Aravane Rezaï, but lost to Elena Dementieva. Petkovic then played at the Sydney International the following week. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Her next tournament was in Dubai, where she defeated fellow German Angelique Kerber in straight sets for the second straight week, but lost to Kaia Kanepi in the second round. "[32] Having suffered from a third serious injury in less than a year, Petkovic considered retiring. On her way to the title, she defeated, amongst others, Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Iveta Benešová. Even though his Instagram bio simply reads “bad influencer”, he’s actually a NY-based musician, more precisely a violinist, who has bridged many worlds of music as a professional recording artist and performer with Aerosmith, David Bowie, Billy Gibbons, and others. She lost in the final round of qualifying to Harriet Dart. Kiki Bertens (NLD) 10. [51], At French Open, Petkovic lost in the first round to Varvara Lepchenko. You have entered an incorrect email address! [53] In the second round, she lost to Lauren Davis without winning a single game during the second and third set. Petkovic represented Germany in 2017 Hopman Cup alongside Alexander Zverev. In Germany. [28], Petkovic made her comeback in a Fed Cup match in April, losing to Samantha Stosur. [45], At Wimbledon, Petkovic double bageled Shelby Rogers in the first round. At her next three tournaments, the US Open in August, the Pan Pacific Open in September and the China Open in October, Petkovic was eliminated in the first round, by Romina Oprandi, Petra Martić, and Jelena Janković, respectively. In RE gab es trotz Coronaverdachts keinen Test für ein Kind. In the second round, she had her win over a top-10 player in beating Svetlana Kuznetsova, but was knocked out by Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets. But she finished the season in style, winning the last tournament of the season – the WTA Tournament of Champions, the tournament for the six players which had not qualified for the WTA Finals, but who had won at least one WTA International tournament. For all that, there is much to appreciate about Germany. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 4. Andrea plays tennis for Germany, but she’s from the Balkans (born in Bosnia and Herzegovina to a Serbian father and Bosniak mother) and that’s one of the connections she and her boyfriend have, since he grew up surrounded by Balkan music and dance due to his parents being folk dance instructors. ). Similarly, in Miami, after bye in the first round, she lost to Caroline Garcia. Petkovic first took to the tennis courts when she was six; her father Zoran Petković, former Yugoslav tennis player and member of the Yugoslavia Davis Cup team,[17] was a coach at a club in Darmstadt at the time. In einem hochklassigen Match beim Hopman Cup gewinnt der junge Hamburger einen Tiebreak mehr. In that sense still feel very close to my heritage. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 7. Während der erste Satz nach nicht einmal einer halben Stunde deutlich an Petkovic/ Rybarikova ging, dauerte der zweite Durchgang fast eine Stunde. She went on to win the match against Navarro to secure her first ever quarterfinals spot at the US Open against the world No. 2 and reigning champion, Victoria Azarenka, in the first round and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second, but lost to Lucie Šafářová in the third round in three sets. Petkovic would go on to lose to Wozniacki. Andrea Petkovic (Serbian: Andrea Petković, Андреа Петковић, pronounced [ǎndrea pêtkoʋitɕ];[12][13] born 9 September 1987) is a German tennis player. Simona Halep (ROU) 3. 11.06.2019 - Der angeschossene ehemalige Baseball-Star David Ortiz ist in einem Team-Flugzeug der Boston Red Sox von der Dominikanischen Republik zur weiteren Behandlung nach Boston gebracht worden. In April 2007, she became a member of the German Fed Cup team. She faced 12th seed Roberta Vinci in the second round and lost in three sets. Andrea Petkovic hat mit ihrer Partnerin Magdalena Rybarikova den Einzug ins Doppel-Finale beim Grand-Slam-Turnier in Wimbledon verpasst. Jetzt muss Deutschland in die Relegation (wahrscheinlich Mitte/Ende April 2016) Das Bild zum Vergrößern anklicken Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) ist mit ihrer kroatischen Partnerin Mirjana Lucic-Baroni im Doppel-Viertelfinale der Australian Open ausgeschieden. In 2009, Petkovic played her first tournament at the Australian Open due to a protected ranking. He introduced her to the sport and later became her coach. Petkovic then played Fed Cup for Germany and helped them to a win over Slovenia with two wins in singles rubbers. After her defeat in China, Petkovic fell to world rank 192, her lowest since March 2009. [14] Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 at the age of 18. Andrea Petkovic „Die Welt“ bietet Ihnen News, Hintergründe und Bilder zu der deutschen Tennisspielerin Andrea Petkovic. She explained: "I've been having some back problems for the last three or four months. She beat Pauline Parmentier in the first round, her first Grand Slam win since the fourth round of the US Open in 2011, and lost to Sloane Stephens in the second round. However, in the semifinals she lost to world No. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 2. She lost her first match convincingly to Carla Suárez Navarro, but beat Tsvetana Pironkova, Dominika Cibulková, and Garbiñe Muguruza to reach the final. There she beat Flavia Pennetta in three sets for the biggest title of her career. That year, she reached the quarterfinals at three Grand Slam tournaments as well as a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open, and qualified as an alternate to the WTA Tour Championships. Petkovic turned professional in 2006 after she finished school,[18] but she had already won four titles on the ITF Circuit. After the win, she re-entered the world top 100 for the first time since September 2012. 9 on 10 October 2011, becoming the first German female player ranked inside the top 10 since Steffi Graf in 1999. In ihrer Karriere gewann sie bislang sechs WTA-Turniere im Einzel: 2009 und 2014 in Bad Gastein, 2011 in Straßburg, 2014 in Charleston sowie das Tournament of Champions 2014 und 2015 in Antwerpen. Petkovic was the 30th seed at the Australian Open. I'm very emotional, have lots of fire in my personality. And at the last major of the season, the US Open, she reached the third round. A former top-10 player, Petkovic reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. It’s about time I share with you info about Andrea Petkovic‘s relationship with musician Jesse Kotansky, as part of my WTA Players and their Love Partners series. I feel like I am part of the 'system' and feel very rooted there. In July 2009, Petkovic won her first WTA tournament in Bad Gastein, losing only one set throughout the tournament. Anna-Lena Grönefeld und Andrea Petkovic müssen sich dem Schweizer Doppel geschlagen geben. Petkovic defeated world number one Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. I tried to pull my foot up, and it just flopped there. Sie ist 40 Wochen im Jahr auf Achse, spielt Turnier nach Turnier, lebt in anonymen Hotels. She also received a wildcard for the Family Circle Cup in April, where she also reached the third round. In the first round, Petkovic beat qualifier Kirsten Flipkens, and in the second round, Petkovic got revenge on Zarina Diyas. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 13. © Women's Tennis Blog. She was defeated by eventual finalist Li Na in the quarterfinals, her best achievement in a Grand Slam championship of her career. She played her first tournament in 2010 in Brisbane, Australia, where she reached the semifinal with wins over Iveta Benešová, Vania King, and Daniela Hantuchová. In her second round match against Victoria Azarenka, Petkovic was down 2–6 and 4–4 when she rolled her right ankle. [18][20] After the injury, she started playing mostly on the ITF Circuit again where she won a tournament in Istanbul in November 2008. Petkovic's best singles performance in a Grand Slam event came at the US Open. But I never really wanted. In the quarterfinals, Petkovic lost to eventual champion Lucie Šafářová in straight sets. Petkovic lost in the second round to Zarina Diyas. She lost in the first round to Kaia Kanepi. At the Dubai Championships, Petkovic reached the quarterfinals by beating Camila Giorgi and Jelena Janković before losing to Caroline Garcia. "[29] She attended weeks of rehabilitation to rebuild the muscles in her leg, working seven hours a day, five days a week.[29]. [15], Andrea Petkovic was born in Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. A week later, she reached the second round of the Pan Pacific Open, beating Elena Vesnina before losing to 13th seed Simona Halep. Petkovic was the 13th seed at the Australian Open and lost in the first round to Madison Brengle. She lost to Justine Henin in the final. She had much more success in her final two tournaments of the year, reaching the semifinals of the Luxembourg Open and the Royal Indian Open. She mostly kept on playing ITF tournaments until June with success. She was the winner of the tournaments in Antalya, Podgorica (both in 2004), Davos and Alphen aan den Rijn (both in 2005). Maria Sharapova is engaged to Alexander Gilkes! Petkovic finished the season for the second time in the top 20, ranked world No. However, Petkovic bounced back at the 2015 Fed Cup World Group by beating Samantha Stosur and Jarmila Gajdošová. Petkovic she became the sixth German player in history to crack the top 10 by winning her opening match at the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego against American player Alexa Glatch. 138 and she again contemplated retirement, but her coach didn't take her seriously: "He just laughed and a few days later [I] picked up my racquet again. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). Iga Swiatek (POL) 18. 1 seed Marion Bartoli and won the title after Bartoli retired early in the second set. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 9. News » Mehr; 06 04 2014 Triumph in Charleston. After a rather mediocre clay season, Petkovic surprisingly reached the semifinals of the French Open. So nothing surprises me anymore. I'm just hoping for a quick recovery. In the second round, she lost to Czech youngster Kateřina Siniaková. She lost, however, to Simona Halep, in three sets. She received treatment for it before the second set but could not continue and retired from the match in tears. Damit ist auch im Doppel-Wettbewerb des ersten Grand-Slam-Turniers des Jahres keine deutsche Spielerin mehr vertreten. In the semifinals, she lost to Maria Sharapova. I'm quite relieved it wasn't the ACL because it was a very similar pain and very similar symptoms to what I had in 2008 when I had my ACL torn in Australia. By virtue of this success, Petkovic broke back into the top 10 for the first time since the 2012 Miami Fortnight. Her first tournament of 2012 was the Brisbane International in January. There are no WTA tournaments going on, it’s the off-season. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 20. She won singles match against Svetlana Kuznetsova. [18] She was able to finish high school before competing in tennis full-time because Zoran never pressured her into joining the professional circuit. She also played the doubles final in Bad Gastein, partnering Tatjana Malek. One month later, Petkovic lost in the third round at Wimbledon against the young Russian player Ksenia Pervak. 13. [18] Petkovic graduated from high school in 2006 with an Abitur from the Georg-Büchner-Schule in Darmstadt. [57], In Washington, Petkovic defeated two seeded players Sloane Stephens and Belinda Bencic, before losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals. She also reached the final of the Nürnberger Versicherungscup that same month, receiving a wildcard and beating Sofia Arvidsson, fourth seed Julia Görges, eighth seed Annika Beck and top seed Jelena Janković en route to the final, where she lost to seventh seed Simona Halep. Petkovic then played again in the Fed Cup where she defeated Grand Slam champion Samantha Stosur, in straight sets. [56], At Wimbledon, she defeated Zhang Shuai but then lost to Yanina Wickmayer in the second round. 14 seed Maria Sharapova. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 8. Johanna Konta (GBR) 15. Melbourne - Andrea Petkovic aus Darmstadt ist mit ihrer kroatischen Partnerin Mirjana Lucic-Baroni im Doppel-Viertelfinale der Australian Open ausgeschieden. Andrea Petković (kyrillisch Андреа Петковић; * 9. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and proceeded to the semifinals where she won against Monica Niculescu. Next, Petkovic lost in the early rounds of Cincinnati and New Haven. Seeded ninth at the China Open, Petkovic defeated Šafářová and Suárez Navarro to reach the third round where she emerged victorious over Marion Bartoli in three sets. In the first round, she beat Misaki Doi in straight sets, before playing matches in three sets three times. [59], Petkovic reached semifinals in Linz, where she lost to qualifier Ekaterina Alexandrova. She was beaten by defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round, after missing four match points on her own serve. Her first tournament was the Citi Open at the end of July, where she beat Jessica Pegula, Mona Barthel, Paula Ormaechea and Alizé Cornet to reach the final, where she lost to defending champion Magdaléna Rybáriková. Danach gönnte sich die spielfreudige Andrea Petkovic noch eine Zugabe im Doppel, obwohl ihre Partnerin Julia Görges auch nicht fit ist. German team ended up second in Group A. Madison Keys (USA) 17. At the Australian Open, she retired from her first-round match against Irina-Camelia Begu. She then played at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, beating Kristina Barrois in the first round. [62], Petkovic played for Germany in Fed Cup against Belarus, she lost her singles match against Aryna Sabalenka. "I did actually ask for a few internships. 1, Caroline Wozniacki. [24] When asked how German she feels, Petkovic replied, "Obviously I'm German, but I always say my soul is still Serbian. Returning to the Brisbane International, and with coach Petar Popović, Petkovic improved on her previous best semifinal appearance by reaching the final, with straight set wins over eighth seeded Alexandra Dulgheru, Jelena Dokić, Jarmila Groth, and fourth seeded Marion Bartoli. She beat Rogers in straight sets. She rebounded in 2014 by reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2014 French Open and later winning the WTA Tournament of Champions at the end of the season. Don’t cry.' Aber es hat seine guten Gründe. Außerdem sicherte sie sich neun Einzel- und drei Doppeltitel bei ITF-Turnieren. [42] In Nürnberg, Petkovic retired her first round match against Yulia Putintseva due to injury. 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Ahead of her return to the tour, Petkovic was worried that she had fallen behind: "I was really scared that I would not be able to compete with the top players and that I might not be able to get back to where I was. Due to those two wins, Petkovic helped Germany reach another semifinal after defeating Australia. At the US Open, Petkovic was seeded tenth. In the final, Petkovic won the title by beating Carla Suárez Navarro who withdrew before the match started due to a neck injury. Andrea Petkovic spricht aus dem Nähkästchen. In mid-August, Petkovic entered the qualifiers for the Cincinnati Open, beating Maria Sanchez and Karolína Plíšková to enter the first round proper, where she beat Daniela Hantuchová. At Wimbledon she reached the third round as the 20th seed, losing to another French Open semifinalist and eventual Wimbledon finalist, Eugenie Bouchard. But in the semifinals, they lost to the 14th seeds Babos and Mladenovic, also in two sets. Das Thema B474n beschäftigt die Menschen im Ostvest. The first thing I thought was: 'Don’t cry. Petkovic won her second WTA Tour title in Strasbourg, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld, Zhang Shuai, Maria Kirilenko and Daniela Hantuchová. 7 seed Janković in three sets to set up a clash with world No. Verdient bezwingt Angelique Kerber ihre Freundin Andrea Petkovic mit 6:2, 6:4 und zieht ins Viertelfinale von Stuttgart ein. [60] At Luxembourg Open, she lost in quarterfinals to a qualifier Eugenie Bouchard. With 4,000 people watching. A defending champion at the Family Circle Cup, Petkovic beat Chanelle Scheepers, Madison Brengle, and Danka Kovinić before losing to eventual champion Angelique Kerber. Petra Martic (CRO) 19. 138k Followers, 479 Following, 433 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Andrea Petkovic (@andreapetkovici) September 1987 in Tuzla, Bosnien-Herzegowina in Ex-Jugoslawien als Tochter eines bosnischen Serben und einer Bosnierin geboren. She performed her trademark dance to delight the audience after her fourth round win. Thanks to our reader Sebbi and my own research I can tell you that Andrea started dating Jesse probably in the period after the 2018 US Open, at least that’s when we saw their first social media interactions. In the first round of the Fed Cup World Group, Petkovic defeated Dominika Cibulková, the reigning Australian Open finalist, and contributed to a 3–1 win for Germany. At the end of the month, she took part in the China Open. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 at the age of 18. Sie ist Teil des selbsternannten "schlechtesten Doppels der Welt", und doch rechnet sich Andrea Petkovic zusammen mit WG-Partnerin Angelique Kerber bei ihrer Olympia-Premiere etwas aus. At Cincinnati, Petkovic made the semifinals in spite of injury, before losing to Jelena Janković in straight sets. Her win over Muguruza was the first against a top five player since 2013. In Luxembourg, she beat Garbiñe Muguruza, Janković, and Ksenia Pervak before losing to eventual winner Venus Williams. Germany lost to Switzerland 2–3. After that, Petkovic played four tournaments on clay to prepare for the second annual Grand Slam, Roland Garros. She then lost to eventual champion Kim Clijsters. [19] In April 2018 she started writing a column for the Süddeutsche Zeitung. With that win, she helped Germany into the 2014 Fed Cup final for the first time since 1992 when they won the title. Serena Williams (USA) 12. [52], At the Australian Open, Petkovic defeated Petra Kvitová in the first round in a match lasting almost three hours. [63], At the US Open, she upset Kvitová in the second round, in straight sets. After that performance, Petkovic reached her new career-high ranking of No. She beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round and lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the second round. Petkovic then played at the Bad Gastein tournament on clay. [26] Next, Petkovic reached the quarterfinals of the Open GdF Suez, where she lost to Mattek-Sands in a tight three-set match. Thomas Lohnes. After receiving a first round bye and suffering an early loss to Lesia Tsurenko in Indian Wells, Petkovic reached the semifinals of the Miami Open for the second time in her career, beating Christina McHale, Kristina Mladenovic, Ekaterina Makarova and Karolína Plíšková en route before falling to Suárez Navarro. Nevertheless, this long run catapulted her back into the world's top 20. In round two she lost to Lucie Šafářová. She received a wildcard for the Generali Ladies Linz in October, beating Záhlavová-Strýcová in the first round and losing to Ana Ivanovic in the second round. I asked a few magazines if I could do an internship. For the rest of the year, she struggled to repeat her success but had another good tournament at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo where she came through the qualifying and reached the round of 16. And things did not go so well, as she won just one match during the Stuttgart, Madrid, and Rome, over Romina Oprandi in Rome, but lost all others, to Flavia Pennetta, Sara Errani and Serena Williams, respectively. I've been struggling with it, but I've always believed it was going to be fine and so I pushed through the pain. Kim Clijsters, the tournament director, stepped in unexpectedly at the last moment and beat Andrea in a single set exhibition match. She then lost in the second qualifying round of the French Open. September 1987 in Tuzla, SR Bosnien und Herzegowina, SFR Jugoslawien) ist eine deutsche Tennisspielerin. At the Australian Open, she lost in first round to Magdaléna Rybáriková. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 14. [38], After disappointing results in Asia (Doha and Dubai) and also both Indian Wells (first-round loss to Camila Giorgi) and Miami (second-round loss to Alizé Cornet), Petkovic rallied past qualifier Lesia Tsurenko, Lourdes Domínguez Lino (with a double bagel, 6–0, 6–0), fourth seed and countrywoman Sabine Lisicki (with a near-double bagel 6–1, 6–0) and both in three sets seeded Lucie Šafářová and Eugenie Bouchard in Charleston, to set up the final match-up against Jana Čepelová of Slovakia, whom she beat in straight sets for her third WTA title.[39].