NEW YORK -- Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia lost in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday, making a slew of errors to hand the match 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-3 to an aggressive Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.
Kuznetsova, who clinched the 2004 title and was last year's runner-up, was the second big name to tumble out of the tournament in two days. Top seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia lost her second-round match on Thursday.
Kuznetsova said 28th seed Srebotnik, who has never gone beyond the third round at the U.S. Open, had played an "unbelievable" game.
"She played her top game," Kuznetsova said. "I didn't play bad. She just played her best game and I was not at my good level.
"I was fighting and I wanted so much to win that match. She served very well, she came to the net many times, she was more aggressive than I was," she said.
The first set went with serve until the eighth game, when a couple errors from Kuznetsova handed 28th seed Srebotnik a break and a chance to serve for the set. She wrapped it up with a solid game including an ace, one of six in the first set.
Kuznetsova played a commanding tiebreak in the second, winning it 7-1, but stuttered again in the third set.
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