THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LUXEMBOURG — Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino was knocked out of the Luxembourg Open by Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands on Thursday.
Marino lost 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 in the second round.
In other action, top-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Italy’s Alberta Brianti 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals.
Fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic was the biggest star to fall when the Serb was beaten 6-3, 6-2 by Anne Keothavong of Britain.
Lucky loser Lucie Hradeca of the Czech Republic defeated Alexandra Cadantu of Romania 6-3, 6-4 and Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia beat Simona Halep of Romania 6-2, 6-2.