Lesia Tsurenko replaces Andrea Petkovic in the French Open line-up – Tennis News
World number 15, Andrea Petkovic, will not be seen in action during the Roland Garros French Open. She has apologized the fans and officials for her withdrawal from the tournament due to a right ankle injury that has been troubling
her for quite some time.
She is the top ranked athlete who will miss out the French Open next week. However, she is accompanied by the likes of Slovak beauty queen, Daniela Hantuchova, who has been suffering from several niggling injuries. So, the two
Top-20 players will miss out on the year’s second Grand Slam tournament. It’s a big disappointment for all the tennis fanatics who wanted to witness the entire squad in action.
Petkovic has been troubled by this injury for a long time now. She started her season at Brisbane but pulled out of the Australian Open for the same reason. She came back to the tennis circuit in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix but
retired in the second round against the Belarusian tennis ace, Victoria Azarenka. She has already missed Barcelona Ladies Open, Mutua Madrid Open and the tour of Rome due to an injury and will miss the second Grand Slam on the trot.
It is a major disappointment for the German fans. They were happy with the performance of Angelique Kerber who recently broke the barrier of the Top-10 players in the world. However, the news of the Sabine Lisicki bowing out in
the early stages in Strasbourg and seriously hurt from the niggling ankle injury. Julia Goerges showed a lot of potential at the start of the season by rising up to the 15th rank but failed to stamp her authority on the clay court. So, at the moment,
Angelique Kerber, is the only hope for Germans in the French Open.
Ukrainian tennis ace, Lesia Tsurenko, is the lucky player who will replace the German number three in the tournament. The second player who will have a trip to Paris is the French superstar, Mathilde Johansson, and she will replace
the 29-year-old Slovak, Hantuchova, in the contest. Paula Ormaechea of Argentina and Laura Pous-Tio of Spain will also take part in the contest after the withdrawal of Hungarian professional, Agnes Szavay, and Swiss superstar, Timea Bacsinszky, respectively.
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