Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is the No. 25 player in the world rankings. Now she's a WTA singles winner, too. Her first WTA singles title came at the expense of Daniela Hantuchova, whom Pavlyuchenkova beat in the finals at the 2010 Monterrey Open.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has reached the semifinals at Indian Wells, quite an accomplishment for the Russian teenager who entered the tournament ranked No. 42 in WTA singles. She ousted second-seeded Jelena Jankovic in the second round and seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarterfinals.