Eastbourne Open: Pavlyuchenkova saved six match points to beat Tomova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova edged out Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7) on Monday and will face the winner of the match between American Sofia Kenin, the No 4 seed, and Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell in the next round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Gepa / Panoramic
Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova edged out Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7) to advance to the second round of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Monday.
After missing a match point at 5-4 in the second set, the Russian player had to save six match points in the third, one at 5-4 and five in the tie-break when Viktoriya Tomova was leading 6-1.
Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 53, will play the winner of the match between American Sofia Kenin, the No 4 seed, and Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell next.
Eastbourne WTA 250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 389.000, most recent results first):
- Harriet Dart vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Jodie Burrage vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Camila Osorio
- Rebecca Sramkova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Sonay Kartal vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Magda Linette vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Mingge Xu vs. Peyton Stearns
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Sofia Kenin vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Ann Li vs. Emma Raducanu
- Maya Joint vs. Ons Jabeur
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Lulu Sun
- Francesca Jones vs. Greet Minnen
- Anna Blinkova vs. Marie Bouzkova: monday
- Alexandra Eala (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-0, 6-1
