Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova‘s rise to the top has been incredible. She announced her name on the big stage when she won the Australian Open girl’s singles title in 2006. She had defeated Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki in the summit clash to win the title. Further, in the next year, she successfully defended the title, beating Madison Brengle of the USA in the finals. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made her first main draw appearance in the same year at Wimbledon.

The Russian has won 12 WTA singles titles and five WTA doubles titles. She had a successful last season, finishing as the runners-up in the French Open. Additionally, she also won the gold medal in mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics with her partner Andrey Rublev. Further, she attained her career-best ranking of 11 in November last year.

Contrary to the last season, the Russian hasn’t had a great start to this year. Recently, she shared another disappointing news with her fans.

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova suffers fresh injury setback

The Russian tennis star updated her fans about her injury status. She said, “Unfortunately, I’m out for 10 weeks, due to my ongoing knee injury! Doing my rehab and everything I can to be back soon and as fit as ever!”
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This comes as a huge blow to the 30-year-old who was looking to break into the top-10 in the world. She has barely been absent from the tour due to injuries. This will be the longest period that she will be away from the action. With Pavlyuchenkova announcing her absence for more than two months, she will miss the all-important ‘Sunshine Double’.

The Russian’s 2022 season

The 30-year-old entered this year on the back of a successful 2021 campaign. Her first tournament of the season was the Australian Open, where she comfortably won her first-round match against Anna Bondar of Hungary in straight sets. Further, she defeated former US Open champion Samantha Stosur in the second round in straight sets.

However, her campaign ended in the third round when she lost to Sorana Cirstea of Romania. The Australian Open remains her only tournament played so far this season. Can the Russian make a strong comeback after recovering from her knee injury? Let us know your views in the comments below.

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