Svetlana Kuznetsova later admitted she had no idea how much hair she was cutting offGetty Images
After winning the first set, Kuznetsova was struggling to deal with Radwanska in the second with the world number three forcing her all over the court.
Instead of regrouping and planning how she would bounce back, Kuznetsova pulled out a pair of scissors and starting chopping at her ponytail.
After the match, she revealed why she turned tennis player to hairdresser.
Kuznetsova said: “It was bothering me a lot.
The Russian celebrates before cutting her hairGetty Images
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Kuznetsova won the match in two hours 48 minutesReuters
“I was trying to put it behind my headband, but my hair is very thick and heavy.
“In the end, when I was hitting the forehands, every time I would hit a good shot it would hit my eye every time and I was struggling.
“I thought ‘okay, what’s more important now – my hair which I can let grow or the match?’
“I was not thinking too much though, I was just trying to get the best [out] of me… I don’t even know how much I was cutting.”
Her bizarre move paid off as she narrowly took the third set and the match in two hours and 48 minutes.
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