adminNEW YORK. — Zimbabwe’s Cara Black and her tennis doubles partner Marina Erakovic of New Zealand have been knocked out of the US Open following a marathon third-round match at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday.Russian second seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 in a 2-1/2 hour match which finished just before 9pm local time to advance to the quarter-finals.
It was a disappointing result for 13th seeds Black and Erakovic, whose serving dropped away after an impressive opening set.
Unforced errors also crept into their game and they were able to convert just four of 13 opportunities to break serve.
Erakovic (25) was eliminated in the first round of singles at the final grand slam tournament of the year. — NZN.
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