NEW YORK -- Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova battered her way into the second round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Czech Klara Zakopalova.
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The fourth seed, who won the title in 2004, needed just 64 minutes to win through to a meeting with Camille Pin of France or Ukrainian qualifier Tatiana Perebiynis.
"I think I played better in the first set," Kuznetsova said in a courtside interview.
"I got a bit tired in the second set but I am happy to get through. I feel like my game is getting there and hopefully I will get better with each match," she said.
Kuznetsova won the tournament in New Haven last week but said she had largely taken a novel approach to preparing for the final Grand Slam of the year.
"I rested a lot," she said.
Source: ESPN.com
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