16 February,2016 07:57 AM IST | | AFP
Andrea Petkovic broke six times to start her week at the Dubai Tennis Championships yesterday with a 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Italian Camila Giorgi as the German winner ended a two-match loss streak
Andrea Petkovic in Dubai yesterday
Dubai: Andrea Petkovic broke six times to start her week at the Dubai Tennis Championships yesterday with a 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Italian Camila Giorgi as the German winner ended a two-match loss streak.
Andrea Petkovic in Dubai yesterday
The number 26, who exited in the Australian Open first round after playing a Brisbane quarter-final and then was beaten in the Fed Cup by Swiss Belinda Bencic, is working with a new coaching team and feels her tennis has turned a corner after she toyed last December of quitting the sport.
Petkovic could face new World No 9 Bencic in the next round at the Aviation Club if the weekend finalist in St Petersburg beats former No 1 Jelena Jankovic in the opening round.
The 40th-ranked Giorgi saved two match points in the final game as Petkovic closed out the victory.
