Russian Tennis Player Pavlyuchenkova Loses To Switzerland's Bencic In Kremlin Cup Finals

Russian Tennis Player Pavlyuchenkova Loses to Switzerland's Bencic in Kremlin Cup Finals

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th October, 2019) Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Sunday lost to Switzerland's Belinda Bencic in the finals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.

Bencic managed to secure victory over Pavlyuchenkova with 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. The match lasted one hour and 43 minutes.

Bencic, who maintains the tenth position in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, won her fourth WTA tournament in the career and the second one this year. The 40th-ranked Pavlyuchenkova won 12 tournaments, including the Kremlin Cup 2014.

The prize fund of the Kremlin Cup female competitions exceeds $965,000.