Summary Ekaterina Makarova defeated Sara Errani 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday at the New Haven Open.
NEW HAVEN (AP) - Top-seeded Sara Errani fell to Russia s Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday at the New Haven Open.
Errani, ranked No. 5 in the world, becomes the fifth of the tournament s eight seeds to lose in the first two rounds of the final WTA tuneup before next week s U.S. Open.
Errani had trouble with her slow, spinning serves all afternoon and was broken four times by the 25-year-old Russian.
Makarova will play Romanian Simona Halep in the quarterfinals.
Halep dropped her first set Wednesday but bounced back for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.
The three remaining seeds defending champion Petra Kvitova, four-time New Haven champion Caroline Wozniacki and American Sloane Stephens each had second-round matches scheduled later Wednesday.
