Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Serena Williams wins Australian Open tune-up

No. 3 ranked 31-year-old Serena Williams of the USA says she is playing some of her best tennis, and she backed up her statement with an easy win over 36th ranked Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia on Saturday in the Brisbane International final, 6-2, 6-1. Serena has won 35 of her past 36 matches, including titles

Goerges defeats Wozniacki in 2nd meeting in a row

Julia Goerges, the 22 year-old rising star from Germany, defeated World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark for the 2nd time in two weeks. Goerges won the 3rd round of the 2011 WTA Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open in Madrid, Spain in a see-saw 3-set match ending up 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. While Goerges hit 38 unforced

Pavlyuchenkova captures Istanbul tennis title

Russian third seed, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, defeated compatriot Elena Vesnina 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 on Sunday to capture the WTA Istanbul Cup title in Istanbul, Turkey. At 19-years-old, Pavlyuchenkova is ranked No. 24, the highest-ranked teenager in the world. It was her second career championship after Monterrey earlier this season. Pavlyuchenkova did it the hard way, taking

Can the WTA solve the injury plague?

Injuries have long been a part of the sports scene. Lately, however, injuries seem to be a plague on both the women's and men's side of the tennis court. The WTA tried to address that problem last year, when after years of debate and struggle, the season was shortened by two weeks - that is,

Dementieva Seeded No 1 at WTA Open GDF Suez

No. 7 ranked Elena Dementieva of Russia is seeded No. 1 for the $700,000 WTA Open GDF Suez being played in Paris, France, February 8-10, 2010. After a 1st round bye, Dementieva will take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia who was a 1st round winner over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic. The top seeds

Justine Henin Coming Back With A Vengeance

Justine Henin may well be back in full form after 15 months away from the tennis circuit. She is showing she still knows how to play as she works her way through the draw in the 2010 WTA Brisbane International tournament going on Jan. 4-10, 2010 in Brisbane, Australia. Coming into the tournament unseeded, she

Pavlyuchenkova gets into Semifinals

Russian cutie pie, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, won her way into the semifinals of the WTA BNP Paribas Open played March 11-22, 2009 in Indian Wells, California USA, without dropping a set. Round one brought Pavlyuchenkova up against No. 97 ranked Marta Domachowska of Poland. Pavlyuchenkova won the match easily 6-1, 6-3. Round 2 was a great

Pavlyuchenkova advances to quarterfinals

Russian cutie pie, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, made it through to the quarterfinals of the 2009 Moorilla Hobart International being played in Hobart, Australia. In that match, she lost in a close 3-set match to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, 6-1, 5-7, 3-6. In reaching the quarterfinals, Pavlyuchenkova had wins over Olivia Rogowska, 6-3, 6-1, and

Pavlyuchenkova defeats Krajicek in Final

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from Russia defeated Michaella Krajicek from the Netherlands for the championship of the ITF $100,000+H Bratislava 2008 on Sunday. Pavlyuchenkova made it look easy, winning the match 6-3, 6-1. That's the way it should have gone according to the numbers, No. 56 Pavlyuchenkova vs. No. 316 Krajicek. It's nice to see the numbers

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