Andrea Petkovic has advanced to the round of sixteen at the Australian Open thanks to the withdrawal of opponent Venus Williams. The match lasted for only six minutes since the US top seed Venus was forced to retire due to a thigh muscle injury (video) after having lost her first service game to Andrea.
In the fourth round Andrea will face Maria Sharapova (RUS | WTA 16) who took out her fellow country woman and Fed-Cup-Teammate Julia Görges in the round before. In the only encounter between the two players in 2010 in Cincinnati Sharapova took away the win.
Information on Andrea’s matches and tournaments can be found in the matchcenter.