DUBAI: Francesca Schiavone became the first seed to fall at the Dubai Open on Monday when she was outplayed 6-4, 6-4 by Russian teenager Svetlana Kuznetsova.
The 18-year-old Kuznetsova, winner of the doubles title with Martina Navratilova last year and recent doubles runner-up at the Australian Open, tormented the seventh-seeded Italian.
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