( file pic : Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova)
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Patna : World No 32 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 29, Russia, reached the women’s single final at 2021 French Open defeating World N0 85 Tamara Zidansek, 23, Slovenia, in straight sets in semi-final on court Philippe -Chatruer, Stade Rolalnd Garros, Paris, France, on June 10, 2021. Pavlyuchenkova, the 31st seed, beat Zidansek 7-5, 6-3 to reach her first Grand Slam final.
Pavlyuchenkova won 6 break points in the match to 4 by Zidansek. She also won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by the Slovenian. Both the players committed 3 double faults each in the match. The Russian, in all, won 75 points during the match to 64 by Zidansek. The Russian fired 3 Aces in the match to 1 by Zidansek. Pavlyuchenkova had reached the Australian Open QFs thrice in 2017, 2019 & 2020, Wimbledon QF in 2016, and US Open QF in 2011.