Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida cutubkan - Petrov wuxuu bilaabay inuu la cayaaro Elena Bechke, oo labo sano ka weyn, 1987kii. Waxay la tababartay Tamara Moskvina oo ku taal Qasriga Ciyaaraha Yubileyny ee St. Petersburg. Waxay ku guuleysteen horyaalkoodii ugu horreeyay ee caalamiga ah 1988 Grand Prix International de Paris, in kasta oo ay seegeen kooxda Olombikada ee 1988 markii ay kaalinta afaraad ka gaareen Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Tartanka Markii ugu horreysay ee ay ka soo muuqdaan Worlds waxay ahayd 1989 World Championships. Mar labaad, Bechke / Petrov waxay dhammeeyeen kaalinta afaraad waxayna markii hore u qalmi waayeen kooxda Soviet Worlds, laakiin waxay ku guuleysteen isboorti si ay ugu beddelaan koox dhaawacantay. Waxay ku guuleysteen bilada naxaasta ah bandhigyadii ugu horreeyay ee adduunka, laakiin waxay mar kale kaalinta afaraad ka galeen tartankii qaranka ee Midowgii Soofiyeeti 1990, iyagoo ka maqnaa tartankii adduunka. 1991, waxay kaalinta saddexaad ka galeen tartanka qaranka iyo kaalinta afaraad ee tartanka adduunka. Sannadkii 1992, waxay ku guuleysteen tartankii Qaranka ee Midowgii Soofiyeeti oo ay ka badiyeen kooxaha Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov iyo Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov (Bechke / Petrov's training partners and chief rivals, Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev, ayaa seegay tartankii Qaranka laakiin waxay u qalmeen Olombikada maadaama ay ahaayeen Horyaalkii Adduunka ee xukunka hayey). Bechke/Petrov waxay sidoo kale ku guuleysteen billado lacag ah 1991
iyo 1992 European Championships, iyo billaddii lacagta ahayd ee 1992 Olympics Winter ka danbeeya Mishkutenok / Dmitriev. Farshaxankooda waxaa sameeyay Alexander Matveev. Waxay ka fariisteen tartanka hiwaayadda ka dib Koobkii Adduunka ee 1992.