Top seed Safina falls in U.S. Open third round

Moscow, September 06: World number one Dinara Safina was beaten 6-4 2-6 7-6 in the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday by little-known Czech Petra Kvitova.

Safina’s defeat marked the first time this year she failed to reach at least the semi-finals of a grand slam tournament

—Agencies