19 Sep 2014

Erakovic beaten in Tokyo

12:01 pm on 19 September 2014

The New Zealand tennis number one Marina Erakovic has missed out on a place in the quarter-finals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo after beating beaten by the unseeded Australian Casey Dellacqua, 6-2 6-4.

After her upset first round win over the highly ranked Italian Sara Errani, Erakovic's tournament is over as she wasn't entered for the doubles.

In the first round Erakovic achieved one of her best singles results, beating the fifth-seeded Italian.

The New Zealand tennis player Marina Erakovic wins first round match at 2014 US Open.

The New Zealand tennis player Marina Erakovic wins first round match at 2014 US Open. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Her last win over a top-20 player was over a year ago.

Although her ranking has slipped to 103 Erakovic had said she feels on top of her game right now.

The top seed for the tournament is Germany's world No.8 Angelique Kerber.