Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Petra Kvitova will meet on Sunday in an eagerly awaited third round clash at the Sony Ericsson Open

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No. 17 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made an ideal start to her Sony Ericsson Open campaign with a 6-1, 6-2 win against Agnes Szavay in round two. She has been in good form throughout 2011, and will be aiming to contend for this week’s title. Whilst she received a bye in round one, the draw has been unforgiving in handing her a third round clash against Petra Kvitova.

Kvitova is the No. 12 seed for this competition, and looks set to pose a real threat to Pavlyuchenkova. Kvitova also recorded a confident win in round two, sweeping aside Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 6-2. She entered this competition after a run of three straight defeats, but has enjoyed a successful season so far. She’s already won two competitions, and made the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.

Kvitova has a 2-1 head to head lead against Pavlyuchenkova. She lost to the Russian in 2008, but more than made amends with a win in 2009 and a victory earlier this season in Brisbane. Kvitova appears to have the edge, but a Pavlyuchenkova success would not be a major shock.

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