"A nice reward for my work"

" It's always a great time to be in the third round in a Grand Slam tournament ," said Wickmayer (WTA 101) on Wednesday at Wimbledon, very happy after her 6-4 win , 6-3 against German Andrea Petkovic (WTA 95). For the first time since Roland Garros 2016, the 28-year-old Belgian won two games in a row in a grand slam, adding the way.

" The first set was very important "she recounted. " She was well into the game, it was not easy to win the long exchanges, even though I was led, I remained calm and positive, because I felt that there were opportunities. Breakais more easily than she and as soon as I found relaxation in my shots, I could do it much worse.I did not see if she was sick or not, even if it's true in the second set, she tried to shorten the points, but I was solid, that's nice, I worked hard the week before the tournament and I felt ready to play games, and win I am very happy, it's a great reward for my work. ""

Yanina Wickmayer is reverberating on the turf of Wimbledon, after a difficult period that saw her come out of the top 100. This Friday, it will even have the opportunity to climb to the round of 16 in London for the first time since 2011, opposed to the Croat e Donna Vekic, girlfriend of Stan Wawrinka (WTA 55), age 22.

" Opportunity, I do not know. It's still a player who plays very well lately. Her only losses are against big seeds and she plays very well on grbad. I remember his match against Konta here last year (note: Vekic lost 10-8 in the third set in the second round). I've beaten her once or twice (Ed .: Fed Cup in 2014 and Toronto in qualifying in 2015), but she was still young. I consider that I have nothing to lose since the beginning of this tournament and I am happy to be able to play one more match ", punctuated the Belgian.