Former champions Kuznetsova, Mauresmo exit at Eastbourne

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

EASTBOURNE, England (AFP) — Former grand slam champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo enter Wimbledon short on match play after Wednesday upsets at the Eastbourne Championships.

Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki ended the run of top seed Kuznetsova, the 2004 US Open winner, as the Russian turned in a "pretty disgusting" performance to lose 6-2, 6-2 in her opening match.

"I trained so much and then played like this," she said. "It was pretty disgusting. Everything on grass is just the opposite of playing on clay.

"She played very loose and I was so tight. But this match was, I guess, better than none at all."

Mauresmo was felled after 14 minutes by a left thigh injury which has to compromise her chances at Wimbledon, which she won in 2006....