Andrea Petkovic on a quest to defend her title.
by bahamaderek on Jul.20, 2010, under Andrea Petkovic, Timea Bacsinszky
Top seed and defending champion Andrea Petkovic took just 73 minutes to polish off Czech opponent Iveta Benesova and get the defence of her Nurnberger Gasteinladies title in Bad Gastein off to a winning start.
Petkovic made her big breakthrough at the same event last season and has improved steadily since, making her far too strong for Benesova, whose weak serve let her down.
Second seed Timea Bacsinszky also breezed through with a 6-1 6-2 win over Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld, while fourth seed Julia Goerges defeated Czech Klara Zakopalova 6-2 5-7 6-1.
In a Czech family affair, sixth seed and last week’s Prague finalist Barbora Zahlavova Strycova was beaten 7-5 6-3 by Sandra Zahlavova – who is the cousin of Strycova’s husband.
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