New York, Sep.3 (ANI): Tird seed Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has crashed out of the 2011 edition of the US Open tennis tournament here, losing to 26th seed Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
World No. 2 Vera Zvonareva, last year's runner-up to Kim Clijsters, earned a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues, Xinhua reports.
Sharapova was the runner-up at Wimbledon earlier this summer and was coming off a title in Cincinnati last month.
The 26th-seeded Pennetta will follow her hard-earned upset with a fourth-round match against Peng Shuai of China, who ousted German Julia Goerges 6-4, 7-6 (1).
A two-time winner this year, Zvonareva will next take on Sabine Lisicki of Germany, who earned a 6-0, 6-1 victory over American Irina Falconi. (ANI)
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