Keothavong continues to battle back to full fitness after her hip injury

Britain's Anne Keothavong was beaten in straight sets in the second round of the Generali Ladies event in Austria.

The 27-year-old Londoner went down 6-0 6-3 to Germany's Andrea Petkovic at the tournament in Linz.

Keothavong, who was out for three weeks with a hip injury prior to the tournament, admitted she wasn't feeling at her best.

She said: "I think I got out of the wrong side of the bed today and got punished for starting sluggishly."

Petrovic, ranked 36, now advances to the quarter-finals along with Italy's Sara Errani who beat Czech qualifier Renata Voracova 6-2 6-2.

Keothavong told her website: "She [Petkovic] is having the best year of her career and is playing with lots of confidence, where as I'm still trying to find my form consistently."

Keothavong had managed a confidence-boosting three set win over world number 41 Jarmila Groth the day before, but couldn't repeat her efforts on Wednesday.

"I played a great match the other day against Jarmila but I just wasn't able to produce much of it today," Keothavong said.

"I still have doubles here this week with Tatiana Poutchek before I head to Luxembourg for my final WTA event of the year," she added.

In a first round match played on Wednesday, the fifth seed Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, beat Anastasia Rodionova after the Australian pulled up with a muscle strain in her left leg while trailing 6-2 1-0.

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