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Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova defeated German Andrea Petkovic in two sets at the beginning of the campaign for both at Roland Garros: 6: 3, 6: 3, in just one hour and 13 minutes of play on court №4 in the beautiful complex Parisian. The Bulgarian outplayed her opponent, who played her debut match after a year off. However, Tsveti was the more active on the court of the two and landed her decisive blows at the right moments.
Tsveti pulled quickly in the first set against Petkovic with two advances, as the German managed to return one over the course of the match, but in the end Pironkova landed another blow at her opponent and closed the first set. The second part began with a new break from the Bulgarian tennis player, but an instant rebound from the German followed. However, in the sixth half, Pironkova played an excellent forehand to the main line and forced Petkovic to make a mistake to take the lead again with a big advantage, to follow the close of the match – 6: 3.
In the next round of the race, Tsveti will face 99.9% Serena Williams, who will be tasked with eliminating Christie Ann in her debut match in France.
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The development of the party here!
SECOND SET!
6: 3 Game, set and match for Tsveti Pironkova at the start of Roland Garros!
5: 3 Petkovic reached two consecutive points to win the game, which were saved by Pironkova. After that, however, the German showed more composure and managed to stay in the match.
5: 2 A new service game legally won by Tsveti, as in just 23 minutes in the second half Pironkova reached a game since winning the first leg of the tournament in the French capital.
4: 2 Forward, Pironkova! Tsveti reached another break point in the game and with a wonderful forehand to the main line, he forced Petkovic to step back and play the ball very difficult, which went flying.
3: 2 Pironkova recovered after the unconvincing fourth game and returned to play with great confidence. The Bulgarian showed a very aggressive and precise game, for which Petkovic had no response.
2: 2 Pironkova maintained the initiative in the game again, but made several unprovoked errors that allowed Petkovic to break through and tie the games.
2: 1, go ahead, Petkovic! Pironkova came back from a 0-30 deficit, but then she was not accurate enough in the decisive moments and this allowed Petkovic to reduce her responsibility and bring intrigue back to the set.
2: 0 Forward, Pironkova! Andrea Petkovic continued to have serious inaccuracies on his first shots. Pironkova quickly hit two break balls: the first was deflected by the German, but the second came off after a strong forehand from the right.
1: 0 Tsveti aggressively started the second half and with a game of 15 closed the first half of the second round.
FIRST SET!
Set 6: 3! Petkovic continued in the course of the first half to be unable to cope with Tsveti’s laps at the service of the German. The Bulgarian reached three set points with Petkovic’s serve and closed Tsveti’s sets after the first!
5: 3 Rebreak, Petkovic! Another breakthrough in the first-half game, this time for Petkovic. Unfortunately, Tsveti was unable to close out the match on her first attempt as the German made her breakthrough with a perfect diagonal short ball.
5: 2 Forward, Pironkova! Tsveti Pironkova totally stopped the momentum in Petkovic’s play and tested the opponent’s serve for the third time.
4: 2 Tsveti interrupted Andrea Petkovic’s win series of games and quickly won her opening shot at 0.
3: 2 The German found rhythm on her opening shots and consolidated her advance against the Bulgarian tennis player in Paris.
3: 1 Ribrake, Petkovic! Tsveti Pironkova’s giant serving set. The Bulgarian could have closed the game slightly at one stage, but after five draws Petkovic finally returned a passive break.
3: 0 Forward, Pironkova! Tsveti scored two points for a breakthrough in Petkovic’s second service game. After the second return, the German made a forehand error and had to serve on the second serve at 15:40, as she missed the first serve. Forehand after an unconvincing serve and a second forward for Tsveti!
twenty Tsveti recorded two consecutive games and consolidated his advance against Petkovic in less than five minutes of play.
1: 0 Advance! The match started with a direct point from Petkovic’s serve, but Pironkova tied with a big backhand. A double and unprovoked error by the German followed, after which the Bulgarian backhand came into action again and won the first game of the match.
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