Marina Erakovic in her three-set loss to Elena Vesnina at the US Open Photo: PHOTOSPORT
The New Zealand tennis number one Marina Erakovic's US Open campaign is over after she bowed out in the second round of the doubles, a day after losing at the same stage in the singles in New York.
Erakovic and her Spanish partner Arantxa Parra Santonja lost to the Spanish 12th seeds Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro, going down fighting, 6-7 6-3 6-3.
On Friday, Erakovic was beaten in three sets by the Russian Elena Vesnina, a player ranked 30 places higher than her.
Erakovic was up 5-2 in the first set before losing it 7-5, she then took the second 6-2 and lost the third 6-4.
