Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Roberta Vinci are set for a thrilling second round encounter on Wednesday at the WTA New Haven Open

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Eighth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova had to come back from a set down in round one to overcome the challenge of her compatriot, Vera Dushevina (3-6, 6-4, 6-3). She’ll now be hoping to build upon this and make it through to the latter stages here at Yale. That said, she’s got a potentially difficult run of contests ahead of her.

Her next match will be a tricky second round meeting with Roberta Vinci. Vinci also had to pull back from a set behind in round one, where she defeated Lucie Haradecka of the Czech Republic (3-6, 6-3, 6-3). The Italian should be in good spirits having been in excellent form throughout the year. She recently managed to crack the top twenty.

Pavlyuchenkova defeated Vinci at Wimbledon this season, and currently holds a 4-1 head to head record against her. Vinci might need to rethink her strategy in order to defy the Russian, and it looks like she’ll need to work hard to earn a berth in the quarter-finals.

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