Archive for category: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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Serena Williams to play Pavlyuchenkova for Brisbane title, Azarenka withdraws
World number one and top seed at the Brisbane International, Victoria Azarenka, pulled out of her semi final match against Serena Williams on Friday with a toe injury. She told the press conference that she had had an ongoing problem with a toe on her right foot which had required [...] -
Azarenka and Pavlyuchenkova advance into Brisbane semis
World number one and top seed at the Brisbane International in this eastern Australian city, Victoria Azarenka, continued her good form coming into this first tournament of the new season, after having a bye in the first round and an easy 6-3 6-3 win over Sabine Lisicki in the second [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova beats Kvitova in Brisbane, Hantuchova through
In the third big upset of the Brisbane International 2013 WTA tournament after Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur both lost their first round matches, Anastasia Pavlyuchenko of Russia, ranked at 36 took out the 2011 champion Petra Kvitova, the WTA’s 8th ranked player and seeded at 6 for this tournament, [...] -
Kvitova upset by Martic in Tokyo, Li Na defeats Pavlyuchenkova
Na Li wins a three-setter against Pavlyuchenkova, while Petra Martic surprises Petra Kvitova in the second round of Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012 in Tokyo. Fourth seed Czech Petra Kvitova had a tremendous tennis summer. She conquered Montreal as well New Haven in a matter of few weeks and won [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova, Bartoli and Schiavone advance into 2nd round in Tokyo
In one of the closest games of recent times, former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, now ranked at 37, battled on court for close to three hours to close out her match against the up and coming Kazakhstani player Yaroslava Shvedova, finally capturing a 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win. The [...] -
Defending champion Stosur advances into 3rd round at US Open
Sam Stosur, the reigning US Open champion, took on the Romanian Edina Gallovits-Hall in her second round match at the Louis Armstrong Stadium. She took out the Romanian without any problems, prevailing 6-3 6-0 in exactly sixty minutes. After taking out Petra Martic 6-1 6-1 in the first round, Stosur [...] -
Kvitova defeats Hercog at 2012 US Open, Pavlyuchenkova beats Hantuchova
Petra Kvitova made it through to the second round of the US Open but not without a minor scare from Slovenia’s Polona Hercog. Kvitova hit 21 winners on her way to a 7-6(6) 6-1 victory and will face Alize Cornet who defeated Nicole Gibbs. After breaking in the fifth game [...] -
Seeds Kvitova and Pavlyuchenkova Progress in Cincinnati
Fourth seed Petra Kvitova suffered a scare in the early stages of her second round match up against Germany’s Mona Barthel in Cincinnati. The former Wimbledon Champion and world no.5 was beginning her Western and Southern Open campaign after receiving a bye in the first round, but suddenly found herself [...] -
Shvedova Through to Second Round in Cincinnati, Pavlyuchenkova joins her
Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova is becoming name to be feared on the WTA tour. Normally a doubles specialist, this year’s singles tour has seen her reach the quarter finals of the French Open and of course produce that now famous golden set against the much fancied Sara Errani at Wimbledon. Against [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova, Hantuchova out of Luxembourg, Azarenka wins
No.2 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia surprisingly lost her first round match at the Luxembourg Open against Rebecca Marino of Canada in three sets 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia also went out to the Czech Lucie Hradecka as she lost 7-6 (3), 5-7, 1-6. Top seed Victoria Azarenka [...] -
Kirilenko through to second round in Luxembourg
Maria Kirilenko of Russia advanced to round two at the Luxembourg Open after her opponent Carla Suarez Navarro retired due to an ankle injury at 7-6 (5), 3-6, 3-0. In other first round matches, Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain overpowered Anne Kremer of Luxembourg, not allowing her a single game as she [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova, Goerges and Lisicky out of Linz
Sorana Cirstea of Romania surprisingly defeated fourth seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 in the second round of the Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament in Austria. Pavlyuchenkova couldn’t find her serve as she made 11 double faults. Cirstea will play either Lucie Safarova or Alberta Brianti next. This [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova and Safarova through to 2nd round in Linz
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia dismissed Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Generali Ladies Linz. After losing the second set, the fourth seed Pavlyuchenkova took a 5-0 lead in the third, but only managed to convert her 4th matchpoint to seal the [...]
