MARANA, Arizona: Upsets and heavy defeats dominated the menu as top seed Lee Westwood, fourth seed Phil Mickelson and seventh-ranked Rory McIlroy tumbled out of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Thursday. Westwood lost one-down to American Nick Watney in the second round, left-hander Mickelson was stunned 6&5 by fellow American Rickie Fowler and Northern Irishman McIlroy was pummelled 8&7 by American Ben Crane. Second seed Martin Kaymer of Germany survived a tight encounter with Britain's Justin Rose after 20 holes and will next meet American Hunter Mahan, a two-up winner over Swede Robert Karlsson. In other matches, long-hitting Bubba Watson hammered fellow American Mark Wilson 6&5 while Italian teenager Matteo Manassero continued his remarkable debut at the event with a one-up win over South African Charl Schwartzel. In many respects, the premature exit of world No. 1 Westwood did not come as a major surprise as the Englishman had never reached the third round in 11 appearances. Mickelson, who crushed Australian Brendan Jones in Wednesday's opening round, ran into a human buzzsaw as Fowler recorded five birdies and two eagles, one of them conceded. McIlroy succumbed to the second-heaviest defeat ever in the elite 64-man event. Crane's victory margin of 8&7 had previously been achieved twice at the event. Australian Jason Day pulled off yet another upset in the unpredictable match play format by beating Britain's Paul Casey 4&2. US Open champion Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland beat Englishman Ross Fisher 4&2, ensuring he will overtake world number three Woods in next week's rankings. Three-time major winner Ernie Els was upset by big-hitting American J.B. Holmes one-up, twice champion Geoff Ogilvy of Australia scraped past Denmark's Thomas Bjorn one up and South Korean Yang Yong-eun beat American Stewart Cink 4&3. Arimura leads In Singapore, Chie Arimura of Japan shot a 6-under 66 to widen her lead to two strokes over Karrie Webb in the second round of the HSBC Women's Champions Friday. Arimura, ranked 19th in the world, made six birdies and an eagle and overcame bogeys on two of her first three holes to post a 10-under 134 total.
