Jelena Jankovic was sent crashing out of the New Haven Open Tuesday after being upset by Elena Vesnina in a match that was disrupted by a rare east coast earthquake. The seventh seeded Serb Jankovic was unable to shake off the two-hour delay caused by the 5.8 magnitude quake, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in a first round match. “It doesn't make you feel good before going on the court,” said Jankovic who waited on the grass outside the stadium during the evacuation. “It's not like you are sitting on a couch. You are just sitting in the middle of nowhere and mosquitoes biting you and bugs and spiders crawling over you.” Vesnina will play Spain's Anabel Media-Garrigues in the second round. “I will remember this day for the rest of my life,” Vesnina said. “There is nothing you can say. It's just like you won the match after the earthquake and it just feels great.” Jankovic arrived at the tournament on Monday after playing in the finals of last week's tournament in Cincinnati. It was another strong performance from 19-year-old American Christina McHale Tuesday. The lone American in the draw needed just 77 minutes to beat Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-2, 6-2. She advances to the next round to face top seed and defending champ Caroline Wozniacki who easily beat Polona Hercog 6-3, 6-0. Czech Petra Cetkovska was a surprising winner over fifth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska and hird-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone breezed past Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-1, 6-2.
