Tennis-Wimbledon-Kuzenetsova dumped out by unseeded Lisicki

LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was knocked out of Wimbledon on Saturday, losing her third round match to unseeded German Sabine Lisicki 6-2 7-5.

The Russian broke Lisicki's serve to go ahead at the start but never really seemed to get into full flow, making a string of errors to gift the world number 41 the opener in 37 minutes.

As the sky over Court One grew increasingly grey the fifth seed fought back from 5-2 down in the second, saving four match points. But Kuznetsova was ultimately outclassed by the 19-year-old, hitting the ball wide to give her opponent an unexpected win.

Lisicki, who went out in the first round on her Wimbledon debut last year, will face ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark for a place in the quarter-finals.

(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Ken Ferris

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