Andrea Petkovic upsets Petra Kvitova in the 3rd round – Western & Southern Open 2011
German Andrea Petkovic played her third round of the Western and Southern Open 2011 against Czech Petra Kvitova at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio. Petkovic outplayed the 21-year-old (Kvitova) in straight sets of
6-3, 6-3 to secure an imposing win and secure a berth in the quarter final in 1 hour, 42 minutes and 38 seconds.
The two had just recently met at the Rogers Cup 2011 in Toronto, where Petkovic had finally equalized the head-to-head by securing a bread stick and a 6-2 win against Kvitova. This was the seventh time the two were meeting and
Petkovic was easily able to score one up against her old fangled rival.
The German smashed an ace during game point and won the game; however, in the next game she struck 2 double faults and lost two points, while, Kvitova had struck 5 double faults and lost a couple of points.
Petkovic was a powerhouse of serves and was in her rhythm, which enabled her to target 72% of her first serves and win a commendable 56% of her total service points. Kvitova was not her usual self and has lost her nerves, striking
only 46% of her shots on target of the first serve.
The Czech performed relatively poorly in her return; winning only 17 out of 39 points which put together were a mediocre 44% win of her total return points. Mean while, taking advantage of Kvitova’s poor serves, Petkovic managed
to bag a 49% of the total return points.
Something didn’t click for the world number 6 (Kvitova) and she sanctioned two break points to her adversary, which, Petkovic took full advantage of and gained an upper hand. On the contrary, Kvitova had wonly managed to break
her opponent once, winning 1 out of 4 break points faced with.
By accomplishing 40 points out of the 76 in her total service points, the world number 11 (Petkovic), won by 4 more points in the first set.
Petkovic took a notch higher in the second set and outmaneuvered her opponent with strong forehand shots and by striking 2 aces, with a perfect accuracy that did not allow a single double fault on her serve, she secured a grand
76% win in her total service points.
Petkovic displayed vintage form as she dismantled Kvitova with maximum precision in her returns achieving a 50% win in her total returns and a perfect assistance from her first serve, allowed her to achieve a 58% win of her total
set points.
Although, Kvitova took a bunch of games, her weak return and erratic game lost her points in the set and eventually she lost the set against Petkovic, who clobbered 11 more points in the total set score to secure a place in the
quarter final.
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