Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova survived a second-set letdown to upset fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1 and advance to the quarter-finals of the US$2.4 million women's Rogers Cup in Montreal on Thursday.
Pavlyuchenkova, seeded 16th, let two match points slip away while leading 5-4 in the second set and then lost the game on a double fault. But she rebounded in the third to extend her longest run ever at the hardcourt event.
"I think I'm still recovering from the second set," she said in a courtside interview. "Basically, I thought I had the match in my pocket and lost it, so I'm happy with the mental side."
Radwanska won the Rogers Cup the last time it was held in Montreal in 2014.
Fifth-seeded Simona Halep, a finalist last year in Toronto, bulled past 14th seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3.
The 24-year Romanian will next face Svetlana Kuznetsova, the ninth seed who downed 12th seeded Czech Petra Kvitova 7-6 (2), 6-3.
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard is slated to play Kristina Kucova on Thursday night.
Pavlyuchenkova survives 2nd-set letdown to upset Agnieszka Radwanska
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