EASTBOURNE, England, June 20 (UPI) -- French Open runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals Tuesday at the $600,000 Hastings Direct International Championships.
Kuznetsova, seeded No. 4, defeated Japanese Ai Sugiyama 1-6, 6-1, 6-2. The 2004 U.S. Open champion, Kuznetsova captured this Eastbourne event two years ago.
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Kuznetsova, who has reached at least the semifinals in seven of her 11 tournaments this season, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne in the French Open two weeks ago.
In other action, fifth-seeded Russian Anastasia Myskina beat Slovakian qualifier Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3, 6-0 and seventh-seeded German Anna-Lena Groenefeld beat France's Marion Bartoli 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.