PRAGUE, Nov 3 — Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova rallied from a set down to beat Alize Cornet today to help the Russian Tennis Federation oust defending champions France and reach the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals for the first time since 2015.
Cornet showed a lot of heart against the big-hitting Russian to win the opening set but Pavlyuchenkova found an extra gear and some more power to edge the gruelling contest 5-7 6-4 6-2 in two hours and 23 minutes. France, who lost their opening tie against Canada 2-1, came into today’s contest trailing the Russians 6-3 in head-to-head meetings.
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