St. Petersburg, Jan 22, Taras Barabash. President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Shamil Tarpischev said that Russian tennis players at the Australian Open performed according to their abilities. On Saturday, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova lost to Romanian Sorana Kyrsta in the third round meeting with a score of 3:6, 6:2, 2 :6. Daria Kasatkina in the third round match lost to the representative of Poland Iga Swiatek with a score of 2:6, 3:6. None of the Russians managed to reach the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open in singles. «The Russians in Melbourne played optimally for their level today. Pavlyuchenkova could reach the fourth round in terms of the quality of the game, but failed to perform. Could not realize her advantage and lost to the Romanian. We must also refer to the fact that Lyudmila Samsonova could have performed better, gone beyond the second round, but it didn’t work out. In general, the performance of our girls in Australia is the real alignment of forces today, «said Tarpishchev.
