Britain Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England - 28/6/16 Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova in action against Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova got a late birthday present under Wimbledon's centre court roof on Tuesday with a 7-5 6-4 win over former world number one Caroline Wozniacki, who is projected to drop out of the top 50 with the defeat.
The veteran 13th seed's power undid the Dane, who had been seeking her first win at a grand slam this year after being dumped out of the Australian Open in the first round and missing Roland Garros due to injury.
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