Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova loses her opening match at Indian Wells to Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.
The reigning French Open champion, Kuznetsova has admitted to struggling with motivation problems and again could not find her form. The Russian
threw her racket toward the end of the contest, frustrated at missing another opportunity to the matches she feels she needs.
“I play tennis for like 17 years, and I still cannot put this little ball in this huge court. It's frustrating,” she said. “I'm not the worst player in the world, so definitely I have expectation from myself to put a little bit more inside of the court.
"When you're a little bit nervous, tense, it's tough for you if you didn't have matches. I know I'll be back and I know I'll be fine. But it's just frustrating, because you see your chances passing by. I feel like I'm fighting against myself. This is what I don't like.”