Misfiring top seed Schiavone upset at Istanbul Cup

ISTANBUL -- Britain's Elena Baltacha upset top-seeded Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-2 Thursday in the second round of the Istanbul Cup.

Schiavone, the French Open champion, was troubled by poor serving and quickly fell behind in the second set in Thursday night's match. The Italian had eight double faults to none by Baltacha, and her first serve percentage was 42, far below the Briton's 59.

After her triumph at Roland Garros, Schiavone lost in the first round at Wimbledon.

In other matches, third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia beat Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova 6-3, 6-2, Sorana Cirstea of Romania defeated Johanna Larsson of Sweden, 6-4, 6-4, and Australian Jarmila Groth defeated Anna Lapushchenkova of Russia, 6-2, 6-3.