Tennis-Pavlyuchenkova to skip rest of 2022 to recover from knee injury

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 22, 2022 Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova looks dejected after losing her third round match against Romania's Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea REUTERS/Morgan Sette/File Photo

(Reuters) - Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has decided to skip the rest of the season to recover from an injury that has limited her playing time this year, the 2021 French Open runner-up said on Tuesday.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked 21 in the world, was out for 11 weeks earlier this year to undergo rehab for the knee injury. The pain in her knee had forced her to miss tournaments in St Petersburg, Dubai and Doha.