The third-seeded Russian dominated Tuesday's match on indoor clay. Srebotnik is coming back after missing eight months of last season with various injuries and has been eliminated in the first round of all five of her tournaments this year.
Kuznetsova won the French Open last year for her second Grand Slam title and is using the Stuttgart event to warm up for the defense of that crown.
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