MIAMI: Anna Kournikova added another first-round defeat to her growing collection when she surrendered in straight sets to Russian Dinara Safina in the Nasdaq-100 Open on Thursday.
Kournikova, a Miami resident whose world ranking has slipped to 66 from a high of eight three years ago, looked well out of sorts in the 6-1, 6-4 loss despite having the support of most of the noisy Stadium Court crowd.
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