Russia-based tennis player Margarita Gasparyan has started trainings for ¼ final of Russia Japan Tennis Fed Cup as a substitute player. She was included in Russia’s application for the match due to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s injury.
“On Sunday I was informed of Pavlyuchenkova’s injury. I was happy to be included in the team,” gotennis.ru quoted the player as saying.
She hoped to participate in the Cup in case of Russia’s 3:0 victory against Japan. In 2013 she will be training for ITF tournaments with a prize fund of USD 25 thous.
¼ final of Russia Japan Tennis Fed Cup has been scheduled for Feb 9-10 in Moscow.
