American tennis superstar Venus Williams crashed out of the China Open on Monday, losing for the second week in a row to talented Russian teen Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Williams, the third seed here, was looking to avenge her loss to the 18-year-old Russian at last week's Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, but never found her rhythm and surrendered meekly in three sets, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.