WARSAW, Poland, May 5 (UPI) -- Venus Williams lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, 6-4, 6-2, Friday at the quarterfinals of the J&S Cup tennis tournament in Warsaw, Poland.
The American-born Williams is the reigning women's champion at Wimbledon and was the No. 7 seed in this tournament. She was playing for the first time since suffering an elbow injury at the Australian Open in January.
In other matches, top-seeded Kim Clijsters of Belgium beat No. 5 Francesca Schiavone of Italy, 6-4, 6-4; No. 3 Elena Dementieva of Russia ousted rising teen star Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 and Anna Chakvetadze of Russia beat Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
In Saturday's semifinals, Clijsters, a former world No. 1, faces two-time Grand Slam runner-up Dementieva and Kuznetsova meets Chakvetadze.
Sunday's champion will collect $95,500.
