Kvitova hopes to make the third round of a grand slam for the 10th time in her last 12 tries.
If Petra Kvitova had been just a worthy adversary who lost a competitive match on Sunday, she still would have walked off center court at Roland Garros a victor for her bravery and determination. "It's miracle. Not even me or Petra thought she could be ready to come back so soon", said her coach, Jiri Novak.
"This year the expectations are much bigger, especially in the big tournaments. and the expectations are also from me really big, of course, because I know what I can do". But right now, I think that I have to find myself again.. But Kvitova's recovery was faster than expected and she signed up for the French Open at the last minute.
Kerber finished the match with 25 unforced errors, after converting just two out of 16 break points. In the last game, Kerber held seven break points but Makarova fought off each one despite, she said, fighting with my emotion.. Indeed, she only regained her number one ranking after America's Serena Williams announced she was taking time off from the game as she expects the birth of her first child.
Prior to this Kerber loss, the earliest a top seed exited the French Open since 1968 was in the second round.
First top seed in tournament's history to lose in opening round, Kvitova wins on return.
Germany's Angelique Kerber reacts during her first round match against Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in Paris May 28, 2017. I'm disappointed that the clay court season was not so good.
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The 27-year-old Czech beat American Julia Boserup 6-3 6-2 in the first match of the day on the Philippe Chatrier Court.
"It's a pleasure to be here, I'm really glad to have made the decision that I'm going to play here", Kvitova said afterwards.
"When we were thinking about playing here I told my coaches I wanted to come and win my first match".
There were contrasting fortunes for the favorites on the opening day of the second grand slam of the year Sunday.
The two-time Grand Slam victor lost 6-2, 6-2 to 40-ranked Ekaterina Makarova on day one at Roland Garros to become the first major casualty of the tournament.
Svetlana Kuznetsova, the eighth-seeded 2009 champion, survived two time warnings to make the second round by seeing off Christina McHale of the U.S. 7-5 6-4.
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