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 could n'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 did n'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 - 1 victory .