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May 09, 20:59
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The first racket of Russia Pavlyuchenkova lost to Canadian Fernandez at the start of the tournament in Rome
Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova lost in three sets to 19-year-old Canadian Leila Fernandez in the first round.
Photo: Global Look Press
Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova failed to reach the second round of the tournament in Rome with a prize fund of €2.52 million.
In the first round, the Russian, seeded at the tournament under the 14th number, lost to the Canadian Leila Fernandez with a score of 6:1, 2:6, 2:6.
The next opponent of 19-year-old Fernandez will be Russian Daria Kasatkina, who in her first round match won Slovenian Tamara Zidansek.
The first racket of Russia lost in his first match since January
Pavlyuchenkova, world No. 20 and Russia No. 1, has not won since January. She did not play after the Australian Open due to a knee injury. The 30-year-old tennis player returned to the court at the end of April in Madrid, where in the first round lost Spaniard Sara Sorribes-Tormo (3:6, 6:2, 3:6).
Another Russian Veronika Kudermetova lost in the first round in Rome to Belarusian Alexandra Sosnovich with a score of 6:3, 6:7 (4:7), 1:6.
The tournament in Rome will end on May 15.