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 The Dane surrendered the first set after leading 5-1 but recovered
to win 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 as Kuznetsova faded.
Despite taking charge of the match, second seed Wozniacki said she
was worried right to the end against the former U.S. Open and French
Open champion.
"I was 5-1 up in that first set, so when I was 5-1 up in the third
set I was thinking to myself that I really couldn't repeat what
happened earlier," she said.
"I served better as the match went on, tried to take the ball a
little earlier."
The world number five plays Andrea Petkovic next at the traditional
seaside grasscourt tournament after the German beat American CoCo
Vandeweghe 6-3 6-4.
Eugenie Bouchard's problems continued as last year's Wimbledon
runner-up retired with an abdominal injury when trailing Belinda
Bencic 6-4 3-0.
"I was feeling it during the match," Canada's Bouchard told
reporters. "It just wasn't smart for me to take a risk, and, you
know, potentially be out for a long time.
"It's something I want to kind of take care of right away."
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"I'm going to play (Wimbledon) no matter what, even if I'm on one
leg," added Bouchard, who has suffered a string of early defeats
this year.
British wildcard Johanna Konta continued her surprise run with
another shock, this time the world number 146 knocking over Spain's
Garbine Muguruza, a day after beating world number eight Ekaterina
Makarova.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; editing by Toby Davis)
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