Andrea Petkovic has decided to part company with coach Petar Popovic after three and a-half years. "I’ve had a very good time with Petar. I learned a lot from him and we will stay in close contact as friends“, says Petkovic. "But I have come to a stage in my career where I need new inspirations and challenges in order to improve my tennis.“ Under Popovic, Petkovic reached her all-time career-high ranking in October 2011, when she became world’s no. 9. In the same year she played three of the four Grand-Slam-Quarterfinals and won the WTA-Tournament of Strasbourg.
While Popovic returns to the ATP-Tour, working with croatian player Ivo Karlovic, Petkovic is testing cooperation with Dutch coach Eric van Harpen. "After such a short period of time it is too early to say how far this will go“, Petkovic explains. "But I am sure, Eric can offer his knowledge and experience to help me develop as a player. I want to work with my coach for the long term and know that switching coaches regularly can have a negative effect. I need some time to get used to the situation now.“ Van Harpen has previously coached Arantxa Sanchez, Conchita Martinez and Anna Kournikova.
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Andrea Petkovic has missed to reach the main draw of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. After defeating Claire Feuerstein (FRA | WTA 129) 6:3; 6:2 in the first round ot the Qualifying, the current world's no. 36 lost 1:6; 2:6 to Camila Giorgi (ITA | WTA 82) in the second round.
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After her strong appearance in the Fed Cup last weekend Andrea Petkovic has dropped out of the Qatar Total Open in Doha. Andrea lost 4:6; 4:6 to Yanina Wickmayer (BEL | WTA 72) in the first round. Andrea plays the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships next..
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After a strong week, Andrea Petkovic has dropped out of the WTA-Tournament in Paris in the quarterfinals. In a hard fought three-hour-lasting match Andrea lost 6:7 (6); 7:5 and 3:6 against Alize Cornet (FRA | WTA 25). Petko defeated Kristina Mladenovic (FRA | WTA 62) 6:4; 6:2 in the Round of Sixteen. In the first round Andrea took away a 6:2; 6:3-win in straight sets against world's no. 41 Bojana Jovanovski (SRB).
Watch the video of the match against Kristina Mladenovic
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Watch the video of the match against Bojana Jovanovski
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