Andrea Petkovic and her compatriot Tatjana Malek made it to the second round in the doubles at the US Open. The german tennis-players defeated Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) and Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 7:5; 6:1.
Petkovic and Malek will compete against the winner of the match Ahsha Rolle (USA)/Riza Zalameda (USA) against Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/Elena Vesniva (RUS) in the next round. Petkovic has already dropped out in the singles unfortunately.