WTA: Derby thriller! Andrea Petkovic beats Julia Görges dramatically

Andrea Petkovic has reached the second round at the WTA tournament in Linz. In the duel with her compatriot Julia Görges, the 31-year-old won after a hard fight with 1:6, 7:5, 6:4.

The number one of the tournament Görges started furiously into the game and took eight of the first ten points. In the first set, she lost just a single rally on her own serve.

In the second run the same picture emerged: Görges dominated the service and put her opponent under pressure with her returns. But out of nowhere Petkovic made a brilliant comeback at 2:4, defended a match point at 4:5 and took the set 7:5.

“Jule played incredibly well, I couldn’t really do much for it,” said Petkovic about the modest beginning. The break to 4:3 was decisive, when I believed for the first time that I could still win this match.”

Petkovic lost a break to 2:1 in the third set, but another break to 5:4 was decisive in the end. In the fifth duel with Görges Petkovic was the winner for the third time. It was her second win over a top 10 player in the last two years. In round two, six-time WTA title holder Tatjana Maria will once again play a DTB player.