Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will take on WTA Bad Gastein runner-up Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the first round of the WTA Baku Open

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is a rising star in the WTA Womens Championships, and she should be in with a decent chance of winning the WTA Baku Open this week where she enters as the second seed. The young Russian is already closing in on the top ten, and her ascendance of the world rankings will continue if she’s at her best here.

Pavlyuchenkova’s first round opponent will be Patricia Mayr-Achleitner of Austria. Mayr-Achleitner made her first ever WTA final last week in Bad Gastein, and on current form she could be a major threat to Pavlyuchenkova’s campaign. Even so, she’ll need to work hard to avoid a straight sets defeat.

This will be the first competitive meeting between Pavlyuchenkova and Mayr-Achleitner, though this won’t cloud any pre-match predictions. The Russian should be well rested and ready for this competition, and it will be a big surprise to see her lose on Monday, regardless of the Austrian’s recent displays.

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