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Sevastova's Yarra Valley Classic WTA 500 will meet with Pavluchenko in the second round

Anastasija Sevastova, sportazinas.com
Anastasia Sevastova Photo: WTA

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Latvian tennis player Anastasia Sevastova will meet with Russian representative Anastasia Pavluchenko on Tuesday in the second round of the Yarra Valley Classic WTA 500 single-player tournament. The game between the two tennis players on the eighth court will be the first duel in a row. It is scheduled to start no earlier than 4.30 pm Latvian time

Sevastov is 54th in the WTA rank, but Pavluchenkova is 39th. . position and she has been awarded the 11th number in this tournament. It is significant that the two tennis players had decided to start together in this doubles match, but did not leave the field in the first round match on Monday, as a result of which they withdrew from the competition without a fight.

In the first round of the singles, Sevastova defeated American Madison Bringle (WTA 83) with 6-4, 6-2, while the Russian defeated Misaki Dojo from Japan with 6-1, 6-4 (WTA 84). Before the race in Melbourne, Sevastov played the only game this season in Abu Dhabi in the “WTA 500” tournament, where in the first round he lost to Paul Badosa from Spain (WTA 70) with 2-6, 7-5, 2-6. Meanwhile, Pavluchenko in the same tournament in the first round with 6-7 (3: 7), 3-6 lost to Tunisian Onsa Žabera.

WTA During the tour, the two tennis players have previously met six times in their careers, celebrating the victory in all of them Pavluchenko. The last meeting was in 2018 in the first round of the Wuhan “Premier 5” (now “WTA 1000”) tournament, where the Russian won with 6-2, 6-3. In the same year, the two tennis players also met in the Federation Cup, with Sevastova losing. Sevastova has won four WTA titles during her career, but Pavluchenko’s bill is 12. Russia’s representative has also raised five doubles trophies, but Sevastova has never succeeded. The winner of this pair in the eighth final will meet the best tennis players of the match of the Spanish Garvinje Mugurusa (WTA 15th) and Alison van Ujtwanka from Belgium (WTA 65th). The hardwood tournament in Melbourne runs from 31 January to 6 February. In December, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) changed the names of the categories of its tournaments as the brand was renewed. Changes have been made in cooperation with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to make the structure of the competition understandable to fans at the highest level of the sport.

Starting from 2021 The highest level in WTA tournaments is WTA 1000 (formerly Premier Mandatory and Premier 5), followed by WTA 500 (Premier 700), WTA 250 (International) and WTA 125 (125 K). levels. Tournament points and cash bonuses remain the same as before.

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