Simona Halep and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova are going to clash in the 2nd round Moscow.
Halep
Simona Halep will retain her world no.1 rank by the end of the season (2nd consecutive year). However, not everything is great in the Romanian camp as Simona is still struggling with her back and it is not clear yet if she needs a surgery or if she will play the finals in Singapore. The world no.1 will compete in Moscow also to test her overall fitness.
Pavlyuchenkova
Ranked no.40, Anastasia reached the second round after she defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5 6-4.
H2H Simona Halep vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Simona leads Anastasia 8-0 in H2H matches, but given the conditions of the Romanian, this could be a bit tougher.
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