October 16, 2013 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Photo credit: Kenneth B. Goldberg
Samantha Stosur has advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup, defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday. Stosur will next play Alize Cornet.
Also in Moscow, two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup by beating Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 7-5. Kuznetsova, currently ranked 23rd in the world, overcame an early break in the second set and earned the victory on her third match point.
Vesna Dolonc caused the first major upset of the Kremlin Cup when she knocked out 2011 champion Dominika Cibulkova in the first round. Just last year, Dolonc reached her first Premier-level quarterfinal in Moscow. Also advancing was Carla Suárez Navarro, with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Vera Dushevina.
