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French Open 2021: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova marches into her first grand slam Final, beats Tamara Zidansek

by Lakshya Chopra
June 10, 2021
in French Open
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

15 years after topping the junior rankings, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova finally makes it into the Final of a grand slam. The Russian got the better of Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia in straight sets 7-5,6-3 on a beautiful evening at Court Philippe Chatrier.

29-year old Pavlyuchenkova, a quarter-finalist at Roland Garros a decade ago, became the first woman to play more than 50 majors before making her first final, breaking the previous mark of 44 set by 2015 US Open runner-up Roberta Vinci.

Despite losing, Zidansek put up a very brave fight, especially in the opening set where she broke Pavlyuchenkova upfront and took a 2-0 lead. But the experienced Russian broke back and drew level at 3-3. The 31st seed again broke to take a 5-3 lead and was serving for the set, but Zidansek showed her metal and broke back to stay in the set. In a set of nerves, Pavlyuchenkova came out a victor winning it 7-5.

Pavs Power 💥

After going down an early break, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova rebounds to take the opening set 7-5 over Zidansek. The 29-year-old 🇷🇺 is one set away from a first major final. #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/GRjkgInSmq

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 10, 2021

The Russian was even more aggressive in the second set. She was moving quick and was aided by Zidansek’s string of unforced errors. The Slovenian just couldn’t get her backhand topspin in place which didn’t allow her to play the big forehand. The Russian didn’t let the opportunity slip and consolidated a double break to take the set 6-3.

FINAL BOUND 🎟

In her 52nd major, 🇷🇺 @NastiaPav has secured a maiden final and a return to the top 20 with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Tamara Zidansek. #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/U4Mrz0M2CE

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 10, 2021

Pavlyuchenkova becomes the first Russian woman to reach the final in 7 years

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Pavlyuchenkova has also become the first woman to play more than 50 majors before reaching her first final. She is also the first Russian woman to reach the Roland Garros Final in 7 years. In 2014, Maria Sharapova reached the final and went on to win the title beating Simona Halep in 3 sets. That was incidentally Russia’s last grand slam singles title.

🇷🇺 Russia’s Return 🇷🇺

Pavlyuchenkova becomes the first Russian woman to reach the #RolandGarros final since Sharapova in 2014. pic.twitter.com/3dytCYWzIZ

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 10, 2021

Maria Sharapova also took to twitter to congratulate the Russian sensation, Pavlyuchenkova. She will have a chance to win the French Open and will meet either Maria Sakkari or Barbora Krejcikova.

🥰🥰🥰 @NastiaPav pic.twitter.com/lRgTGw1eUT

— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) June 10, 2021

Also read: Mamma Mia: Serena Williams’ daughter Olympia dazzles in miniature 2021 Australian Open outfit

Tags: Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaTamara Zidansek
Lakshya Chopra

Lakshya Chopra

Lakshya Chopra is an aspiring sports writer who has covered various sports in the last few years. An engineer by profession, his passion for sports has driven him closer to the media industry with each passing day. He has been working at FirstSportz for over two years and initially headed the tennis team for two full seasons. Having written almost 2500 articles for the organization, he is currently the content manager of the NFL section. From Rafael Nadal's prime to Novak Djokovic's rise to Tom Brady's magical comebacks, he has seen it all.

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