PARIS: Petra Kvitova admitted she still finds the attention that comes with being a Grand Slam winner difficult to deal with after starting her French Open bid with a laboured victory against Marina Erakovic.
The Czech fourth seed took almost two and a half hours to get the better of 80th-ranked New Zealander Erakovic in front of a largely deserted Court Philippe Chatrier on Tuesday, eventually progressing 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to a second-round tie against Spain's Silvia Soler-Espinosa.
The tall left-hander came up with some impressive forehand winners from the back of the court but was broken six times and committed 47 unforced errors as she struggled to make it five wins out of five against Erakovic.
"I have to say the conditions weren't really easy for me. I think it was quite cold and the balls are really heavy, and they didn't really fly," she said.
"It was very difficult today. It was quite a long match, big fight. Sometimes I couldn't win my serve. So it was a little bit difficult. But that's how it is in the first round of Grand Slams. I'm just glad I'm still in and still playing.
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