Francesca Schiavone works her way into Roland Garros quarterfinals

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Defending champion Francesca Schiavone resisted the challenge of Jelena Jankovic and advanced to the quarterfinals of Roland Garros. On her tournament debut ten years ago she reached the quarterfinals, and together with her last...

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defends Monterrey Open title

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Top seed Jelena Jankovic got off to a good start, but it was defending champion and second seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova that prevailed and won the Whirlpool Monterrey Open final 2-6 6-2 6-3. The International-level...

Fed Cup: Kuznetsova and Pavlyuchenkova edge Russia against France to regain pride

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On the left you can see the results of this weekend’s Fed Cup action in World Group. The first thing I’d like to point out is that Russia recovered their Saturday’s two hurtful losses on...

Anastasia Pavyuchenkova falls first round in Moscow

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It was Anastasia Pavyuchenkova’s fourth appearance at the Kremlin Cup in five years and her fourth defeat in the first round. The highest-ranked teenager and world No.21 lost to Nicole Vaidisova in 2006, in...

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova wins Istanbul Cup

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Elena Vesnina 5-7 7-5 6-4 in the all-Russian final of the Istanbul Cup even though her opponent initially had a 7-5 4-0 lead and a 3-1 lead in the third set....

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova wins first WTA title at Monterrey Open

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Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova claimed her maiden Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title by beating Slovakian second seed Daniela Hantuchova in the final of the Monterrey Open in Mexico. The 18-year-old Pavlyuchenkova was forced to play both...