article_snippet.sent: The top-seeded Russian won four straight games to clinch the first set but The top-seeded Russian made some errors to drop the second set and faded in the third.
article_snippet.sent: Sharapova, who had a first-round bye and had won The top-seeded Russian previous 13 matches in Stuttgart, also lost The top-seeded Russian world
article_snippet.sent: No 2 ranking after the defeat.
article_snippet.sent: The top-seeded Russian will be replaced by Simona Halep of Romania when the rankings are updated on Monday.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier, Madison Brengle of the United States upset third seed Petra Kvitova 6-3, 7-6 (2).
article_snippet.sent: Three-time champion Maria Sharapova had won Maria Sharapova previous 13 matches in Stuttgart .
article_snippet.sent: Fourth-seed Caroline Wozniacki won 7-6 (5), 6-1 against Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic to reach the quarter finals.
article_snippet.sent: Madison Brengle of the United States served for the match at 5-4 but Kvitova saved three match points to force a tie breaker.
article_snippet.sent: Madison Brengle of the United States took a commanding lead and won Kvitova first match over a top-10 player with a backhand passing shot.
article_snippet.sent: Caroline Garcia of France, Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Sara Errani of Italy also advanced.
highlights_snippet.sent: The German fought back to claim a 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Maria Sharapova will now be replaced by Simona Halep as the world