Russian tennis star making ready Wimbledon request after storming French Open run

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was talked into making a Wimbledon request after writing off the grass-court season. The Russian is again within the French Open quarter-finals after being sidelined with a knee damage for nearly a yr. She couldn’t get into the Wimbledon draw after her rating dropped outdoors of the world’s high 100 however is now planning to request a wildcard.

Pavlyuchenkova is having fun with a stellar run at Roland Garros two years after she reached the ultimate. The 31-year-old is making her first look in Paris since she was the runner-up after a knee damage saved her out of competitors for seven months.

Now by way of to the final eight, the world No 333 is ready to skyrocket up the rankings and is teetering on the sting of the highest 100. But she had already written off the grass-court season after being ranked too low to make the entry deadline cut-off, maxing out her protected rating utilization throughout the Australian Open and French Open.

After upsetting twenty eighth seed Elise Mertens to succeed in the quarter-final, Pavlyuchenkova was requested whether or not she would ask the All England Club for a wildcard. The former world No 11 initially laughed off the suggestion earlier than taking it onboard and revealing that she would make the request.

Pavlyuchenkova was first requested whether or not she had a UK visa forward of Wimbledon after Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva reported that she was still waiting to receive hers. “First of all, I have one. Second of all, I’m not worried because I’m not going to Wimbledon this year,” the 31-year-old responded. 

The 12-time title winner defined why she wouldn’t be taking part in, including: “Because my protected ranking allowed me to play only two Grand Slams, and Roland Garros is my second Grand Slam.

“So since the deadline was close before Roland Garros, even with the new ranking points that I got from Roland Garros, I’m not qualifying for Wimbledon. Because they are using my old ranking which is like 400, so there is no way I can get in. So no grass season for me this year.”