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Swedish Open: Grace Min knocks out Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in first round

Image: Grace Min: Excellent form continues

American Grace Min continued her excellent form by upsetting second seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the opening round of the Collector Swedish Open in Bastad.

Min, 20, had the best week of her career last week by reaching the semi-finals in Bad Gastein and eased to a 6-0 6-4 win over Russian Pavlyuchenkova on Monday.

Pavlyuchenkova has not been in great form and was beaten in the opening round of Wimbledon by Min's American compatriot Alison Riske.

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