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Kuznetsova Jump thrown by Peers

MADRID, Kompas.com - Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova eliminated from the event directly Madrid Open. In the first round, Saturday (8/5/10) or local time Sunday (9/5/10) early morning local time, the French Open Grand Slam champion was surrendered 3-6 6-2 0-6 Shahar Peer of Israel's tennis player .

In a duel in the Spanish capital, Kuznetsova, ranked fifth of the world which is also the fifth seed in the tournament field this clay, losing six times in the service set of determination. Failure was the main cause of direct Kuznetsova knocked out, although he has provided staunch resistance in the second set to force a rubber-set.

Inversely with Kuznetsova, compatriot, Elena Dementieva, no obstacles to advance to second round of the French Open warm-up tournament that began May 23 next. Dementieva, ranked sixth of the world, easily won tickets the second round after winning 6-0, 6-1 over Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak players.

Two former world number one Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova, the new game will melakoni their debut on this Sunday. Henin, Belgian tennis player, will meet with French player Aravane Rezai, while the beautiful Russian tennis player, Sharapova, challenged player Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic.