Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova [ Images ] was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki [ Images ] in the second round of the Eastbourne International on Wednesday.

The grasscourt tournament was also hit by the withdrawal of former Wimbledon [ Images ] champion Amelie Mauresmo [ Images ] who retired in her match against Australia's [ Images ] Samantha Stosur [ Images ] with a thigh strain.

"I just felt something on the last point of my first service game and then, during the returning game, I felt that I couldn't really move that well any more or push off my left leg," Mauresmo, the 2006 Wimbledon champion, told reporters.

"With this happening at the beginning of the match, I didn't feel like taking any risks before Wimbledon next week."

Third seed Vera Zvonareva [ Images ] had her Wimbledon preparations cut short when she lost to fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-3, who set up another all-Russian clash against Nadia Petrova [ Images ].

There was better news for second seed Marion Bartoli [ Images ] as last year's surprise runner-up at Wimbledon made short work of Austrian Sybille Bammer, dropping just three games to reach the quarter-final.