Kuznetsova survives scare

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The former US Open champion was pushed to the limit by qualifier Johansson, the world number 124 who has never gone beyond the second round of a grand slam in seven attempts, before clawing a 6-7 (5/7) 7-5 6-3 victory.

Last year's quarter-finalist Nicole Vaidisova, seeded 18, is also through after making short work of Zuzana Ondraskova 6-2 6-2, but a number of seeds were not so fortunate on the opening day.

Patty Schnyder, the 12th seed who reached the fourth round last year, was beaten 6-4 3-6 6-1 by Australia's Casey Dellacqua and 19th seed Maria Kirilenko lost 6-3 6-3 to Vera Dushevina.

The 27th seed Virginie Razzano and 30th seed Dominika Cibulkova also went down, while the youngest player in the women's draw, 16-year-old qualifier Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, scored a memorable 7-6 (8/6) 7-6 (7/4) win over 17th seed Alize Cornet.

Like Kuznetsova, Russian eighth seed Anna Chakvetadze also had to pull back from the brink as she rallied for a topsy-turvy 2-6 6-1 8-6 success over Canadian Stephanie Dubois.

But there were no such problems for young Pole Agnieszka Radwanska, as the 14th seed hammered Iveta Benesova 6-3 6-0 on Centre Court.

Former champion Amelie Mauresmo, who has slipped to 33 in the world rankings and is seeded 22nd, beat American Ashley Harkleroad 6-4 6-3, while last year's beaten finalist Marion Bartoli overcame Sabine Lisicki 6-2 6-4.