Tennis
“Pavlyuchenkova was physically not enough for the decisive game of the match with Svitolina” – Selivanenko
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Photo: © Sarah Stier / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Vice President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Alexei Selivanenko explained the defeat of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in the second round of the US Open.
The meeting took place on Thursday and ended with the defeat of the Russians with a score of 7:5, 4:6, 4:6.
— Anastasia and Elina had one of the most interesting matches in this tournament so far. Beautiful powerful game with a lot of long exciting draws. Elina was able to survive after losing the first set and turn the match in her favor.
Anastasia got hooked in the third set and she was already physically not enough for the decisive game. Well, Elina once again showed excellent tennis after returning to the tour, continuing her impressive series of matches at the Grand Slam tournaments this season, RB Sport quotes Selivanenko.
Source: Sportbox
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