Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Veronika Kudermetova, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vitalia Diatchenko will be part of an exhibition in Khimki, near Moscow, that will be played in June.
The event will be staged at the Ostrovsky’s academy and on the men’s sid there will be also the participation of the likes of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev.
Khachanov, Rublev, Donskoy, Pavlyuchenkova, Kuznetsova, Potapova, Kudermetova, Diatchenko and maybe Alexandrova are going to play at the tournament in Khimki (near Moscow) at @AkademiaTennisa in June (by @EFediakov @kommersant)
— Maria Nikulashkina (@nikulashkina) May 30, 2020
This event is just part of a series of regional tournaments that are commencing all over the world waiting for the official tours to be back. Pro-tennis has been halted until August.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in 2020
Ranked no.30, Pavlyuchenkova played her last match on the 19th of February when she was overcome by Anett Kontaveit 7-65 7-5 in the 2nd round in Dubai.
Veronika Kudermetova in 2020
At the moment ranked no.40, Kudermetova played her last match on the 25th of February when she lost to Belinda Bencic 6-4 4-6 7-64 in the 2nd round in Doha.
Veronika Kudermetova’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in Hobart.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Veronika Kudermetova played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Pavlyuchenkova. The last time that they played, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won 7-65 7-5 in the quarter in Moscow (Kremlin Cup) in October 2019.
In the video below, you can watch the highlights.
Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2020
Ranked world no.32, Svetlana played her last match on the 28th of February when she capitulated to Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Doha.
Svetlana Kuznetsova’s best accomplishment of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Doha.
Vitalia Diatchenko in 2020
Ranked world no.108, Diatchenko played her last match on the 4th of March when she lost to Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Lyon.
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vitalia Diatchenko have never played each other.