Pavlyuchenkova battles into round two in Monterrey

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made an uncertain start to the defence of her Monterrey Open title after being pushed all the way in her first-round encounter with Eleni Daniilidou.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made an uncertain start to the defence of her Monterrey Open title after being pushed all the way in her first-round encounter with Eleni Daniilidou.

Pavlyuchenkova, the second seed at this hard-court event behind Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic, looked in good touch in the first set but lost the second on a tie-breaker as her Greek opponent found her range.

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