Russia are on the brink of making the Fed Cup final with a 2-0 lead after Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova saved a match point to beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki on Saturday. Pavlyuchenkova saved the match point in the second set before going on to beat Lisicki 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, after Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Julia Goerges in straight sets in the opening rubber. Pavlyuchenkova said Lisicki's power caused her problems: 'In the first set I believed I could win but I couldn't find the rhythm because she plays a bit boom-boom.' Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki for a 2-0 lead in their Fed Cup tie . Svetlana Kuznetsova had earlier beaten Julia Goerges in straight sets . Both players had problems on their serve - Pavlyuchenkova racked up 13 double faults but Lisicki's 63 unforced errors proved crucial. 'It was very close and I had a match point but she played a good point on that. I didn't play a good tiebreaker,' Lisicki said. The result left Russia needing one win from Sunday's three matches to reach the final and bag a first Fed Cup title since 2008.
Svetlana Kuznetsova beats Julia Goerges in straight sets in Fed Cup.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeats Sabine Lisicki for 2-0 lead.