27 May 2010

Kuznetsova says younger players don't respect them

11:43 am on 27 May 2010

Reigning champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has accused the new generation of players of not showing enough respect after narrowly avoiding an early exit from the French tennis Open.

The Russian sixth seed saved four match points before beating German Andrea Petkovic in the second round.

Afterwards the 24-year-old double Grand Slam champion told a media conference that she doesn't see the teenagers respecting the other players like her peers did when they were the up-and-coming players.