Maybe Svetlana Kuznetsova should have taken a week off. After winning last week in San Diego, the Russian came back this week to play in Cincinnati and earlier lost to Maria Sharapova in three sets.
Kuznetsova needed treatment on several occasions from back to her knee. She also left the court during the third set for some off-course treatment.
Sharapova won, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.