Wed Jun 18 15:50:48 2008

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Kuznetsova, Mauresmo bow out in Eastbourne

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Eastbourne, England (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo were among Wednesday's second-round losers at the $600,000 International Women's Open, a final Wimbledon tuneup.

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki waltzed past the U.S. Open runner-up Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-2, while Mauresmo was leading Aussie Samantha Stosur 2-1 in the first set when the former Wimbledon champion retired due to a left thigh injury at Devonshire Park International Tennis Centre. The French Mauresmo was last year's runner-up here to recently-retired Belgian star Justine Henin.

Wozniacki and Stosur will meet in the quarterfinals here on Thursday.

Meanwhile, second-seeded Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli, of France, leveled Austrian Sybille Bammer 6-3, 6-0 and qualifier Ekaterina Makarova took out third-seeded fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-3 on Day 3. Bartoli halted a personal four-match losing streak.

Fourth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska was tied with France's Virginie Razzano 3-6, 6-3 when play was suspended for the day due to darkness.

Two other second-rounders saw Argentine Gisela Dulko outlast Belarusian Olga Govortsova 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2 and Russian qualifier Alisa Kleybanova sneak past Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

The other quarters will pit Bartoli against Kleybanova, eighth-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova versus her countrywoman Makarova and Dulko against the Radwanska-Razzano winner.

This week's titlist will collect $95,500.