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).
Pavlyuchenkova’s opponent in the Seminfinals is No. 55 ranked Monica Niculescu of Romania. I think Pavlyuchenkova has a real chance at this one.
