Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and German Andrea Petkovic are two of the most popular tennis players in the world. The women’s singles match of the second round was held in Paris, France, between these two lovely ladies May 26, 2010.

Going into the match, defending Champion Svetlana was 6th in the Singles rankings and 91st in the Doubles rankings while her 22-year-old opponent Andrea was 41st in the Singles and 86th in the Doubles. Both are right handed tennis players.

In the first round of the women’s singles match, both women defeated their opponents. Svetlana defeated opponent Sorona Cirstea 6,3 and 6,1 while Andrea defeated opponent Elena Vesnina 4-6, 6-1, and 6-4.

In the second round of the singles match, Svetlana Kuznetsova was able to defeat Andrea Petkovic to continue on in the French Open and knock Andrea out. The match was quite the entertainment and all three games were very close. Andrea was so close to knocking the defending champion out of the 2010 French Open but in the end, Svetlana was able to keep track of her game and defeated Petkovic with match totals of 4-6, 7-5, and 6-4.

Svetlana Kuznetsova went on to the third round for the singles in the French Open where her luck finally came to a halt. She was defeated by Maria Kirlenko 6-3, 2-6, and 6-4. Svetlana claimed she gave the match everything she could but it wasn’t enough and that she didn’t play her best game. She was unable to defend her French Open title this year, but there is always next year.