Venus Williams overcame Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Alize Cornet, Elena Dementieva, Serena Williams and Virginie Razzano to triumph at the 2009 Dubai Championships. The American defended her title in ...

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“Post covid, I saw lots of people in the US bring rackets and nets out to play the sport that looks like tennis and badminton but is different. When I visited India I thought of giving it a try ...

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova holds the fourth spot with 7 wins at the WTA 1000 level, and Czech star Linda Fruhvirtova rounds out the top five with 6 WTA 1000 wins before turning 18 years old.

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Her struggles continued with early second-round losses in both Abu Dhabi and the Qatar Open, before she shifted her focus to Dubai, where she upset 14th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 ...

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On the other hand, some players lost plenty of spots. For example, last year's Qatar Open semi-finalist, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, dropped down by 11 spots to the World No. 36 position. Naomi Osaka, ...

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova reached the semi-final in Qatar last year, but lost in the second round in 2025 and thus dropped 11 places to No 36 while Naomi Osaka – a quarter-finalist in 2024 – is down 10 ...

Samsonova begins on a strong note in the Dubai Tennis Championships - Source: Getty Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova took on Liudmila Samsonova for the second time on tour at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

In an all-Russian match, Liudmila Samsonova also needed just 66 minutes to oust Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Samsonova fired six aces and won the points on 84 percent of her first serves. Former ...