Paris (AP) – Angelique Kerber has reached the third round at the French Open and still has good prospects for the best Paris result of her career.
The German number one won against the French wildcard player Elsa Jacquemot 6: 1, 7: 6 (7: 2) and was only slightly challenged in the second set. In the third round, Kerber will meet Alexandra Sasnowitsch from Belarus on Friday, who surprisingly defeated the British US Open winner Emma Raducanu 3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1.
“She played very well in the second set. I’m glad I’m one round further,” said Kerber after the overall very tough argument on the Philippe Chatrier court. “Once you’ve won everything, you only play because you love the sport. And I love tennis,” said Kerber in the winner’s interview when asked by former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli why she was still on the tour at the age of 34 is.
The French Open, on the other hand, is over for Andrea Petkovic. Despite an increase in performance, the 34-year-old from Darmstadt was beaten by former world number one Viktoria Asarenka from Belarus 1: 6, 6: 7 (3: 7) in the second set. Petkovic even missed a set ball in the second set when the score was 5:4.