Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Aryna Sabalenka and Karolina Muchova are in the French Open semifinals for the first time. The second-seeded Sabalenka overpowered Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday to set up a semifinal against the unseeded Muchova.…

Novak Djokovic makes no secret of the way he loves to feed off negativity during a tennis match. Doesn't really matter whether he's ahead or behind on the scoreboard. The guy simply finds motivation and inspiration from all manner…

Russia's Karen Khachanov celebrates winning his fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Italy's Lorenzo Sonego, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Khachanov got the…

World No.1 Iga Swiatek started her title defence at the Italian Open with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round on Friday.Swiatek will face either Bernarda Pera or Lesia Tsurenko in the third round. A two-time…

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk is taking a stand.Photo: APAs her father and grandfather remained trapped in Kyiv with war raging around them, Ukrainian tennis star Marta Kostyuk was making headlines, taking down Russian competitor Varvara Gracheva…

Top-seeded Jessica Pegula is out of the Citi Open after getting upset in straight sets…

Daniil Medvedev won’t be allowed to play at Wimbledon.Illustration: Getty ImagesA ban from the FIFA World Cup didn’t stop any needless aggression from Russia in its brutal war on Ukraine. Even those Russians brave enough to speak out…

Russia’s highest-ranked women’s singles tennis player, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has called for an end to her country’s war amid the continued invasion of Ukraine.The 30-year-old, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics last year, wrote a…

IMAGE: New World No 1, Daniil Medvedev asked for 'peace in the world.' Photograph: Daniil Medvedev/Twitter Ahead of his coronation as world number one, Daniil Medvedev took to Twitter on Sunday with a plea for peace, although did not…

Russian tennis star Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has condemned the war between Russia and Ukraine. After both nations failed to come to any diplomatic conclusion, Russia President Vladimir Putin led the forceful invasion of Ukraine a few days…