World top seed Russian Tennis players Anna Chakvetadze and Maria Kirilenko, and Israelian seed Shahar Peer are fell on the first day of the 2008 US Open .
Chakvetadze, seeded 10 th in world ranking, suffered her earliest Grand Slam defeat in more than three years falling 1-6 6-2 6-3 to compatriot Ekaterina Makarova, ranked 56th in the world.
Another World No.22 seed Kirilenko lost to Tamira Paszek of Austria 6-3 3-6 6-4 and this year’s result is her worst at the US Open, before she reached second or third round.
Israelian top seed No.24, Peer, got eliminated by China’s Li Na 2-6 6-0 6-1 despite superb play in the opening set. “In the first set I felt like I was playing against a wall,” said Li after her great turnaround.
