Tennis

Cibulkova drops Kuznetsova in Madrid

Published Apr. 30, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

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Dominika Cibulkova knocked Svetlana Kuznetsova from the first round of the Madrid Open on Saturday.

The 28th-ranked Slovakian beat the two-time Grand Slam champion 6-3, 6-2 for a third straight time to advance on opening day of the clay-court Masters series event.

Second-seeded Vera Zvonareva overcame a second-set drop-off in her serve to overcome Patty Schnyder 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 while Victoria Azarenka of Belarus blanked Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-0, 6-0.

Fifth-seeded Sam Stosur of Australia rallied to beat Gisela Dulko of Argentina 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Other first-round winners included Agnieszka Radwanska, Andrea Petkovic, Petra Kvitova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Jarmila Gajdosova.

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