Intro:

Reaction on Tuesday (26th May) from a happy and victorious German Andrea Petkovic, who beat American Shelby Rogers 6-2, 6-1 and a sad and defeated Eugenie Bouchard, after the Canadian became the highest-ranked seed to fall by the wayside as she was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by France's Kristina Mladenovic at Roland Garros.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Andrea Petkovic, beat Shelby Rogers 6-2, 6-1:

(Q. Now that you've got the first match out of the way, are you able to treat this as like a Grand Slam where you see yourself going far again, or still cautious because of your injury? )

"You know, I feel like a horse in this thing that wants to run out but I can't because there are -- it's blocking me. I feel like I'm playing really, really well, but it's just too dangerous yet to say anything. I feel like it's not 100 per cent yet. It has been injured, but it's getting better day by day. We'll see."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Eugenie Bouchard, lost to Krtistina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-4:

(Q. It was probably a disappointing loss. You tried a hard comeback in the second set. What can you say about the match and in general about this year?)

"About today, I mean, honestly I don't know what to say. It's been kind of the same as how I have been feeling recently on the court. Just not like myself."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Eugenie Bouchard, lost to Krtistina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-4:

(Q. Have you come up with any thoughts of kind of why you're having this slow period now, or is that what's frustrating that you can't really work it out?)

"I feel like I have been trying to work on what's been going wrong, and I feel like I have been making progress. So to still have matches like this is actually disappointing. But, I mean, at the same time it's just a tennis match and, you know, I need to not worry too much. Life is still good. Everyone has highs and lows in their career. This is a little bit of a low point for me."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Eugenie Bouchard, lost to Krtistina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-4:

(Q. This is your first first-round exit in a Grand Slam. When things like this happen, do you linger long in that zone thinking what you could have done differently or can you move on fast thinking about the next match?)

"Yeah. I mean, definitely for a day or so I'll, you know, think about the match, but I think it's important to try to move on quickly in tennis in general because, you know, every Monday there is a new chance. So I'm going to try and forget this one."