Amelie's streak halted in Dubai

Amelie Mauresmo's 16match winning streak, which included her first Grand Slam title and three successive titles, came to an end with a rain-interrupted defeat in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Open Friday.

Amelie Mauresmo's 16match winning streak, which included her first Grand Slam title and three successive titles, came to an end with a rain-interrupted defeat in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Open Friday. But even though the top-seed from France was surprisingly beaten by the unseeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, she looks certain to become world number one again in two weeks time.

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Mauresmo's 7-6 (11/9), 6-4 defeat took place over two days, and the timing of the weather disruptions may have made it harder for a tired body which was given the challenge of another tournament this week. "She played very well," acknowledged Mauresmo. "But I think ran out of gas." "That make it hard to come out of the court as a winner, but that's the way it is. I knew this could happen some day, and I am OK with that," she said.