3 Sep 2008

Erakovic beaten in New York

6:19 am on 3 September 2008

The New Zealand tennis player Marina Erakovic and her partner have been beaten in the quarter-finals of the women's doubles at the US Open tennis tournament in New York.

Erakovic and Croatian Jelena Kostanic Tosic were beaten in straight sets by the 10th seeds Lisa Raymond of the United States and Samantha Stosur of Australia, who between them have won 7 Grand Slam doubles titles.

They won 7-6, 6-love.