Caroline Wozniacki beats Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach Eastbourne quarters

ByMaxwell Ward

Updated 24/06/2015 at 19:28 GMT

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki reached the quarter-finals of Eastbourne's Aegon Championships with a topsy-turvy defeat of Svetlana Kuznetsova on Wednesday.

The Dane surrendered the first set after leading 5-1 but recovered to win 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 as Kuznetsova faded.

Despite taking charge of the match, second seed Wozniacki said she was worried right to the end against the former U.S. Open and French Open champion.

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"I was 5-1 up in that first set, so when I was 5-1 up in the third set I was thinking to myself that I really couldn't repeat what happened earlier," she said.

"I served better as the match went on, tried to take the ball a little earlier."

The world number five plays Andrea Petkovic next at the traditional seaside grasscourt tournament after the German beat American CoCo Vandeweghe 6-3 6-4.

Great Britain's Johanna Konta celebrates winning her third round match

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