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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 faced a good challenge with the No. 2 seed, Nadia Petrova of Russia in the first round. Henin prevailed in a close match, 7-5, 7-5. She then took on unseeded 20 year-old Sesil Karatancheva of Bulgaria who had a two-year suspension for using drugs in 2005. Henin took her out 6-4, 6-3. In the Quarterfinals, Henin defeated 7th seed, Melinda Czink of Hungary in a very close 3-set match, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5).

Tennis cutie pie, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, made it into round three of the 2009 French Open. The 17-year-old from Russia ws doing well until she ran ino the world’s No. 1, Dinara Safina.

In round one, Pavlyuchenkova defeated No. 88 ranked, Raluca Olaru of Romaina, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. Round two went to a 2nd set tie-break, but Pavlyuchenkova again was the victor in straight sets over No. 70 ranked Julie Coin of France, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2).

The 3rd round proved to be too tough as Pavlyuchenkova was pitted against the current world’s No. 1, Dinara Safina. Pavlyuchenkova lost this match in straight sets, 2-6, 0-6.

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 win for Pavlyuchenkova, 6-4, 6-4, against the world No. 3 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. The 3rd round was another 2-set win over No. 59 ranked Karin Knapp of Italy, 6-2, 6-4.

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 Carla Suarex-Navarro of Spain, 6-4, 6-1.

That should be good preparation for Pavlyuchenkova’s first appearance in the Australian Open.

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 work sometimes.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, tennis cutie pie from Russia, has advanced to the Finals in the ITF $100,000+H Bratislava 2008 being played in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. The final will be played Nov.2.

Seeded No. 8, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated the 6th seed, Monica Niculescu of Romania in the Semifinal match 6-2, 6-4.

Pavlyuchenkova will now face No. 316 ranked Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands. Krajicek has no singles titles this year. No. 56 ranked Pavlyuchenkova has three ITF singles titles in 2008. Going by the numbers, Pavlyuchenkova should win this tournament. We’ll see if the numbers are correct!

Russian cutie pie, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has advanced to the Semifinals of the $100,000+H ITF Bratislava 2008 tournament being played in Bratislava, Slovak Republic Oct 27-Nov. 2.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is seeded No. 8 in the tournament. All three matches so far have been 3-set matches, but Pavlyuchenkova has stayed tough and won all three.

In the first round, she defeated No. 66 ranked Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. In round two, she defeated fellow Russian, No. 82 ranked Elena Vesnina 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. In the Quarterfinals Pavlyuchenkova defeated No. 45 ranked Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7).

Keep an eye on this Russian tennis cutie pie, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. At the age of 17, she is already ranked 76th in the world.

Pavlyuchenkova is from Samara, Russia and turned pro in December, 2005. In 2006 she won both the Australian Open and U.S. Open junior titles and finished the season as the top-ranked girl in the ITF world rankings at age 15. In 2007 she didn’t do quite as well after joining the WTA tour. Still, she reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros, the 3rd round at Wimbledon, and the 2nd round at the US Open. She already has one career WTA doubles title, 3 ITF Women’s Circuit singles titles, and eight ITF Women’s Circuit doubles titles.