New Zealand tennis No 1 Marina Erakovic has been defeated in the second round of the US$740,000 Carlsbad, California Premier WTA event overnight. (NZT)
Erakovic lost to the second seed and world No 14 Dominika Cibulkova 6-2 6-4 in one hour 26 minutes.
The Kiwi served 10 aces, but also had six double faults and was only able to convert one of her five break-point opportunities on Cibulkova's serve, while the Slovak was able to convert four from seven on Erakovic's serve.
Ranked at 47 in the world Erakovic will now travel to London for the Olympics.
Meanwhile, in the doubles draw of the US$50,000 Challenger in Binghampton, New York, Dan King-Turner and French partner, Gleb Sakharov have been beaten in the first round of doubles by Brit Jamie Baker and American Clinton Harrison 6-3 7-6(3).