Defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero made 37 unforced errors and was upset by Luis Horna, 6-3, 6-1, Wednesday in the second round of the Madrid Masters in Spain.
It was the most lopsided loss since April for the 2003 French Open champion, who had a first-round bye because he was seeded sixth. Horna broke Ferrero's serve in the first game of each set and never looked ruffled.
Several other seeded players bowed out Wednesday, including double Olympic gold medalist Nicolas Massu, who lost to Ferrero in last year's final, and No. 11-seeded Jiri Novak.
Top-seeded Tim Henman and No. 3 Marat Safin won. Henman defeated Albert Costa, 6-4, 6-2, in his first tour match since the U.S. Open semifinals. Safin had 17 aces and got past Feliciano Lopez, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3.
The fifth-seeded Massu was beaten by Taylor Dent, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, and Novak fell to Tommy Haas, 6-1, 6-4.
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Olympic bronze medalist Alicia Molik upset sixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, to reach the Swisscom Challenge quarterfinals at Zurich, Switzerland.
Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and ninth-seeded Ai Sugiyama won in straight sets. No. 4 Sharapova beat Daniela Hantuchova, 6-4, 7-5. Sugiyama beat Italy's Flavia Pennetta, 7-6 (1), 6-1.
Soccer
The CONCACAF Gold Cup will be held in the United States next year.
The Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean, is held in July of odd-numbered years.
Next year's tournament is scheduled for July 6-24, with host venues to be announced.
Inter Milan, Chelsea and AC Milan stayed perfect as the European Champions League group stage reached the halfway mark.
Chelsea converted first-half headers from John Terry and Eidur Gudjohnsen, defeating CSKA Moscow, 2-0, at Stamford Bridge in London for its third victory.
Inter Milan got goals from five different players in its 5-1 victory over Valencia.
AC Milan also stayed perfect, thanks to Andriy Shevchenko's goal in the 31st minute of a 1-0 victory over Barcelona.
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Cindy Parlow had a hat trick to lead the U.S. women's national team over Ireland, 5-1, in an exhibition game at Chicago. Abby Wambach and Cat Reddick also scored for the Americans.
Miscellany
Val Ackerman is stepping down as president of the WNBA, a position she has held since the league's inception in 1996, the Sports Business Daily reported.
