Third seed Kuznetsova loses in 3rd round
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia lost in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday, making a slew of unforced errors to hand the match 6-3 6-7 6-3 to Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.
Kuznetsova, who clinched the 2004 title and was last year's runner up, was the second big name to tumbled out of the tournament in two days. Top seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia lost her second round match on Thursday.
The first set went with serve until the eighth game when a couple of errors from Kuznetsova handed 28th seed Srebotnik a break and a chance to serve for the set. She wrapped it up with a solid game including an ace, one of six in the first set.
Kuznetsova played a commanding tiebreak in the second, winning it 7-1, but stuttered again in the third set.
Srebotnik secured a break early in the third set and held her own serve to love. Serving for the match, she played aggressively, charging the net and winning on her third match point when Kuznetsova returned a serve high and long.
(Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
