Kerber against Jacquemot with no trouble
Kerber didn’t have much trouble against 19-year-old Jacquemot, who won the junior title at Stade Roland Garros in 2020. The Kiel resident didn’t have to play nearly her best tennis. Instead, two days after her marathon match against Magdalena Frech from Poland, an average performance was enough for her first third-round entry in Paris in four years. Her best result in the French capital so far is reaching the quarterfinals in 2012 and 2018. The French Open is the only Grand Slam tournament that Kerber has not yet won.
Are you now starting to think about the career grand slam, as the triumph in all four major tournaments? “I think that’s still too far away to even think about it,” said Kerber. “Of course it would be a dream, but it still feels so far away. Being here in round three is a success for me.”
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.
Petkovic was not able to say afterwards whether it was the last French Open of her career. “When I left the pitch, it went through my head for a moment, but I can’t say it yet,” said Petkovic. “In terms of will and love for tennis, I would play for ten more years. But I have to listen to my body at the end of the year and then make a decision.”