08.19.05:Gisela Dulko Defeats Kuznetsova

from    CJAD, Caanda:

Dulko ousts No. 3 seed Kuznetsova, Ivanovic withdraws from Rogers Cup

Updated at 17:50 on August 18, 2005, EST.

Gisela Dulko hits a backhand to Svetlana Kuznetsova. (CP/Frank Gunn) TORONTO (CP) - Gisela Dulko of Argentina upset ailing No. 3 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova to advance to the quarter-finals at the $1.3-million US Rogers Cup on Thursday. Kuznetsova struggled throughout the match with a painful lower back and late in the first set, it appeared she would be unable to finish. The Russian stayed in the game, but Dulko went on to win the battle between the two 20-year-olds in two tiebreaks, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8). "It's hurting very much. I think I should have stopped playing," said Kuznetsova. "But when the match is so close, it's so difficult just to say go, and that's it." Injuries have become the theme at the Rogers Cup, and tournament directors received more bad new Thursday when 12th-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Montenegro announced she had withdrawn with a strained right chest muscle.