SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA RUMORS

Shortly after losing in the first round of the Italian Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova decided to make a change. With a straight-set win in the opening round of the French Open already complete, it looks like it was a change for the better. The 2009 French Open champion has struggled since winning her second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. But after the disappointing loss in Rome...

In a matchup of former French Open champions, 13th-seeded Ana Ivanovic beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-3 on Monday in a windy first-round match at the Italian Open. ''It was tough out there today, but it was the same for both of us,'' said Ivanovic, who won her only major title at Roland Garros in 2008. ''I just tried to move and to adjust and really tried...

Second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova is out of the Grand Prix SAR after retiring with a leg injury in the third set of her second-round match against Irina-Camelia Begu on Wednesday. Former French and U.S. Open champion Kuznetsova breezed through the first set 6-1, lost the second in a tiebreaker and trailed 3-2 in the third when she pulled out. Sixth-seeded Chanelle Scheepers of...

Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to put Russia level at 1-1 with Serbia after the opening singles in their Fed Cup semifinal series on Saturday. Jelena Jankovic won the first point for Serbia by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-3. After trading sets, Kuznetsova broke Ivanovic in the first game of the decisive set and it turned out to be enough to win...

Maria Sharapova showed a photo of herself with short locks over on Facebook and the tennis world went cray. Then we found out it was a wig. Svetlana Kuznetsova showed up at the FED CUP presser in Moscow today wearing this hairy situation on her head. Then we found out it's REAL. So...Alexandr. Give Sveta her hair back. [Photo(s) credit: AP]

Russia advanced to the Fed Cup World Group semifinals with a 3-2 win over Spain on Sunday in their first-round series. Svetlana Kuznetsova clinched the victory with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win against Silvia Soler-Espinosa in the second reverse singles. Maria Sharapova and Kuznetsova easily won their opening singles matches on Saturday, but Carla Suarez Navarro narrowed the gap when she routed Nadia...

While in Auckland, Svetlana Kuznetsova displayed a new tattoo on the inside of her right arm which says, Pain doesn't kill me, I kill the pain. With all the injuries happening early in the 2012 season, I hope this tattoo gives her some sort of magic shield against getting injured herself. Sveta, already has two other tattoos (that I am aware of). One on the inside of...

Move over Roger Federer, because another player is coming to steal your trick shot crown. The folks over at ASB Auckland have done it again, with another hilarious video featuring Svetlana Kuznetsova attempting to knock a bottle off the head of James McOnie, reporter for The Crowd Goes Wild. Does she do it? Watch the video to find out! Enjoy!

Jie Zheng of China serves to Andrea Petkovic of Germany on day 4 in the Grandstand at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on September 1, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo By Stephanie Neppl China’s Zheng Jie came back from a 0-5 deficit in the first set to defeat #3 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia to...

Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Alison Riske of the United States 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the ASB Classic on Tuesday.