Maria Sharapova recovered from a poor second set to dump fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the Cincinnati Open in the first round on Tuesday night.

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Agnieszka Radwanska will meet in the Mercury Insurance Open final after winning their semi-final ties in San Diego last night.

Former world number one Dinara Safina claimed a straight sets victory over Alona Bondarenko in the first round of the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego last night.