FILE PHOTO: Aug 29, 2019; Flushing, NY, USA; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia hits to Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in a second round match on day four of the 2019 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports/File photo
(Reuters) - Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova stunned second seed Kiki Bertens 6-1 7-5 to reach the Pan Pacific Open quarter-finals in Osaka on Thursday, while American Sloane Stephens suffered another early exit.
World number eight Bertens made a slow start and fell 4-0 behind in the opening set after serving five double faults in two games.
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