The German is aware of the mistakes he has made this weekend and will not get more pressure ... turn the page and you're done. Losing with Hradecka and Kvitova in indoor hard away from home and with markers adjusted outcomes are not so bad. Now is a good chance to recover against Srebotnik.
The Slovenian has played only 2 games this season ... this weekend's Fed Cup, from problems with Ewijk and Glushko. Katarina The physical form is not what it was, nor their effectiveness in service and aided by indoor tracks like Paris ... I think the physical and Petkovic motivation for this 1st round should decant the party on their side. Andrea Petkovic is a new face in the Top 50 after some very solid results early in the season. Here in Paris she will have to face veteran Srebotnik of Slovenia, who is 2 years and 1 major injury away from the peak of of her career.
The 22-year old German of Serbian descent had a very strong 2009 season, winning the singles title at Bad Gestein, followed by the Istanbul finals. She continued to rise early in 2010, reaching the semis of Brisbane where she eliminated Hantuchova and fell only to Clijsters. Petkovic is 5:2 against the spread in 2010, and only a recent straight sets defeat to Kvitova in Fed Cup has spoiled an otherwise very good record.
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