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Wozniacki upsets Kuznetsova
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 19 - 06 - 2008

seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova was eliminated from the Eastbourne International Women's Open on Wednesday, losing 6-2, 6-2 to Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki in the second round.
The Wimbledon warmup event lost another top name when Amelie Mauresmo, who lost to Justine Henin in last year's final, retired when leading Samantha Stosur 2-1.
Second-seeded Marion Bartoli advanced, showing no sign of her recent wrist injury as she overwhelmed Sybille Bammer 6-3, 6-0, while third-seeded Vera Zvonareva was also upset, losing 6-3, 6-3 to Ekaterina Makarova.
Champ Ljubicic eliminated
In the Netherlands, defending champion Ivan Ljubicic was ousted by Viktor Troicki of Serbia 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the second round of the Ordina Open on Wednesday.
In the quarterfinals, Troicki will face seventh-seeded Guillermo Canas, who beat Rohan Bopanna of India 6-2, 6-4.
Also, Arnaud Clement of France beat Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-3, and Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina beat Rainer Schuettler of Germany 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5).
In the women's event, top-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia beat Sara Errani of Italy 6-3, 7-5.
Michaella Krajicek overpowered Sania Mirza of India 6-2, 6-2, and seventh-seeded Katarina Srebotnik of Slovakia beat Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan 6-4, 6-3 but injured her left ankle and had to withdraw from the tournament. That advanced third-seeded Dinara Safina to the semifinals.
Karlovic, Simon through
In Nottingham, Defending champion Ivo Karlovic of Croatia defeated Sam Querrey of the US 7-6 (3), 7-6 (14) on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Nottingham Open.
The fourth-seeded player will face Andreas Seppi (7) of Italy, who beat Eduardo Schwank of Argentina in the second-round 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7).
Third-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain also advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Bobby Reynolds of the US 6-2, 6-3.
Earlier Wednesday, top-seeded Radek Stepanek pulled out of the Wimbledon warmup tournament with a rib injury and said he may not be fit to play in next week's Wimbledon.
His withdrawal at Nottingham came a day after sixth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov of Russia was expelled for storming off the court during a doubles match after disputing a line call.
Tursunov and Chris Haggard of South Africa were trailing 6-4, 3-1 to Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi in Tuesday's match. ATP rules state that no player can leave the court without the umpire's consent.
Federer, Ivanovic No. 1s
Five-time champion Roger Federer and new top-ranked woman Ana Ivanovic were installed Wednesday as the No. 1-seeded players for Wimbledon. There were no big surprises when the All England Club announced the seedings for the grass-court Grand Slam, which opens Monday.
Wimbledon stuck closely to the world rankings in determining the seeding lists for the two


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