ROME, May 3 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova was beaten Monday in a second-round match at the $2 million Italian Open in Rome.
Kuznetsova fell 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to Maria Kirilenko in the only second-round match Monday of the clay-court tournament. Kuznetsova blasted 10 aces but also had nine double faults and was kept on the defensive much of the match; Kirilenko forced Kuznetsova into 21 break-point situations, winning seven.