The meeting lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes, ended with a score of 6: 0, 3: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4).

In the next round, Pavlyuchenkova will play with American Sophia Kenin, who turned out to be stronger than Spaniard Garbinier Mugurusi.

Earlier, Andrei Rublev beat Grigor Dimitrov at the start of the ATP tournament in Beijing.