2004 US Open champion Kuznetsova avoids 1st-round upset against 39-year-old Date Krumm
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the second round at the U.S. Open by getting past 39-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 Tuesday.
The 11th-seeded Kuznetsova hit 11 aces, helping make up for five double-faults and a total of 35 unforced errors. She won the 2004 U.S. Open and was the runner-up in 2007. She also won the 2009 French Open.
Date Krumm, who turns 40 on Sept. 28, was trying to become the third-oldest woman to win a U.S. Open match in the Open era, which began in 1968.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She hadn't entered the U.S. Open since 1996, the year she originally retired, before her husband recently persuaded her to return to the tour. Date Krumm upset former No. 1 Dinara Safina at the French Open in May.