PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat fellow Russian and third seed Vera Zvonareva 7-6 2-6 6-2 in a low-quality contest on Sunday to become the first woman through to the French Open quarter-finals.
Zvonareva’s demise means this is the first time since tennis turned professional in 1968 that none of the top three seeds reached the women’s last eight at Roland Garros.
Zvonareva made a shaky start following a slip but broke back twice to go 4-2 up in the first set before folding again and allowing the 14th seed to prevail in the tiebreak.
She picked herself up to race through the second set before a turgid third where both players failed to show a killer instinct and just sent down a succession of baseline bombers.
Pavlyuchenkova sealed the key break for 4-2 though after Zvonareva went long with an off-balance backhand before closing out another forgettable match in the uninspiring women’s draw.
Zvonareva’s demise means this is the first time since tennis turned professional in 1968 that none of the top three seeds reached the women’s last eight at Roland Garros.
Zvonareva made a shaky start following a slip but broke back twice to go 4-2 up in the first set before folding again and allowing the 14th seed to prevail in the tiebreak.
She picked herself up to race through the second set before a turgid third where both players failed to show a killer instinct and just sent down a succession of baseline bombers.
Pavlyuchenkova sealed the key break for 4-2 though after Zvonareva went long with an off-balance backhand before closing out another forgettable match in the uninspiring women’s draw.
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