By Etienne Stekelenburg
February 11 2003

The 17-year-old Russian Kuznetsova beats Italian sixth seed Francesca Schiavone 6-2 6-3 at the Qatar Open first round. Kuznetsova was joined in the second round by fellow Russian Dinara Safina who ousted Serra Zanetti 6-2 7-6 (8). First round results from the $170,000 WTA Qatar Open on Monday Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) defeats Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-2 6-3 Dinara Safina (Russia)wins over Adriana Serra Zanetti (Italy) 6-2 7-6 (8-6) Mary Pierce (France) beats Anca Barna (Germany) 6-2 2-6 6-3 3-Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) beat Rossana Neffa de Los Rios (Paraguay) 6-2 6-1 and Martina Sucha (Slovakia) beat Emanuelle Gagliardi (Switzerland) 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-4