( CNN ) -- It was a bad day on the clay for Maria Sharapova as she was bounced out of the Rome Masters by Ana Ivanovic , Thursday . It was the first time anyone other than world No.1 Serena Williams had beaten the Russian on the red stuff since the 2011 French Open . Sharapova had been tuning up for this year 's grand slam at Roland Garros in fine fettle , winning tournaments in Stuttgart and Madrid , but Ivanovic stormed to 6-1 6-4 victory to end her run in the third round of the Rome event . `` My energy level today maybe was not the best , '' Sharapova told reporters in Rome . `` But Ana played a really great match , she came out with winners from all over the court and she was the better player . `` This ca n't take anything away from the last two weeks and I 'm quite excited for the week coming up for the grand slam . '' Ivanovic , the Serbian 2008 French Open champion , had lost her last seven matches against Sharapova . Australian Open champion Li Na ticked off a 6-3 6-1 win over Sam Stosur while Serena Williams beat fellow American Varvarato Lepchenko to also advance to the last eight . In the men 's draw , Tommy Haas claimed a big win over Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka . It was the 36-year-old German 's first top-10 win in over a year . Wawrinka , the world No.3 , said the upset would make no difference to his preparations for this month 's French Open . `` I am not focused on winning the French Open , it 's so far away and there are so many players ready to win , '' he said . `` I know if I am ready , feeling good and my level is there to win a lot of matches but I do n't expect to win the French Open . `` There 's Rafa , you have Novak , Roger is going to be ready and fit . I need to focus on myself , on the draw , and to be ready . '' The eight-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal finds himself meeting old rival Andy Murray in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters . Murray celebrated his 27th birthday with victory over Jurgen Melzer while Nadal cruised past Mikhail Youzhny . The Wimbledon champion revealed low-key birthday celebrations before turning his thoughts to his first meeting with Nadal since 2011 . `` I 've had two cards and two cakes , but no presents or anything , '' said Murray . `` I 'm hoping when I go home there will be some . If there is n't a couple I will be pretty disappointed . `` It wo n't be a bad thing to play against Nadal . I have n't played him for maybe three years . `` With the French Open and Wimbledon coming up I have n't practiced with him hardly at all either , so I would be quite interested to play against him before to see how his game has changed . `` It might be better to play against him now instead of the French or Wimbledon . ''
Maria Sharapova 's run of fine form on clay ends at Ana Ivanovic . The Australian world No . 7 is beaten by Serbia 's Ana Ivanovic . Stan Wawrinka upsets Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka in the men 's draw . Birthday boy Tommy Haas and Rafael Nadal set up meeting for first time since the last eight .