NEW HAVEN, Conn. Adidas NMD Saldi . -- Sloane Stephens has gained a lot of confidence. Her game is picking up, too. The 20-year-old American, ranked 17th in the world and looking for her first WTA tournament title, moved into the quarterfinals of the New Haven Open on Wednesday night with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 victory over Germanys Julia Georges. After being dominated in the second set, Stephens won the next four games and cruised to the win. "I think me being able to go out and play a third set strong like that is the difference between me today and a year ago," Stephens said. "I just think that Im at a point where I go out there and Im like, Im going to win." She is one of just three seeded players to advance past the second round. The others are defending champion Petra Kvidova, who beat American qualifier Alison Riske 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3; and four-time champion Caroline Wozniacki, who turned back Italys Karin Knapp 6-1, 7-5. Top-seeded Sara Errani fell to Russias Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-1, becoming the fifth of the tournaments eight seeds to lose in the final WTA tuneup before next weeks U.S. Open. "The good thing is that if you lose, you have more time to prepare there, if not, you have more confidence," Errani said. "I hope the court there will be different." Stephens and Wozniacki, who has won the event four of the last five years, will meet in the marquee matchup of the quarterfinals on Thursday. But Stephens said she isnt feeling much pressure, despite knowing she will come into that match and next weeks U.S. Open with the label of the next great U.S. star. "You kind of have to go with it and accept the responsibility, or whatever you might call it," she said. "But I think, in all, its a good thing." Wozniacki, a former No. 1 player in the world, cruised through her first set with Knapp, then fought through some health issues to hold on for the win. Wozniacki, who has been battling a cold this week, called for a trainer after experiencing some dizziness in the 90-degree temperatures while up 3-2 in the second set. The Danish star dropped the next two games before rallying. "Im definitely feeling much better," she said after the match. "I was feeling worse in the beginning of the week." Kvitova found herself in a back-and-forth match with the 23-year-old Riske, before breaking her at love in the fifth game of the final set. "After dropping the second set, it was quite tough to come back in the third. But Im glad for it, Im sure," she said. Errani didnt make it through her first match of the tournament, after receiving a bye in the first round. She had trouble with her slow, spinning serves all afternoon on what she said was a faster-than expected court. She was broken four times by Makarova. The 25-year-old Russian dominated her own service games, was broken just once and had eight aces. "Today was a good day for me and all my shots was working really good," Makarova said. "I understood a little bit more how to play against her." Makarova will play Simona Halep in the quarterfinals. Halep didnt have a WTA title before this year, but has three this summer and is 28-5 in her last 33 matches. She dropped her first set Wednesday but bounced back for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain. The 21-year-old Romanian also attributed her slow start to the 90-degree heat, which she said caused to alter her game plan in the second set. "I played more offensive, more aggressive and I just tried to finish the point very fast," she said. Adidas NMD Scontate . The league announced Thursday that Tom Higgins is leaving that post effective immediately. NMD Scontate Outlet . -- The Green Bay Packers have signed quarterback Graham Harrell to the active roster from the practice squad and placed tight end Andrew Quarless on injured reserve. http://www.adidasnmditalia.it/ . Catch the game on TSN starting at 7pm et/4pm pt. Tampa Bay currently holds the last of the Atlantics three automatic bids to the playoffs, but the Maple Leafs are just one point behind.Manchester, England (SportsNetwork.com) - Manchester City defender Matija Nastasic will miss the next three weeks of action due to a calf injury, the club revealed on Friday. Nastasic was subbed out at halftime of last weekends 6-0 thrashing of Tottenham and sat out Wednesdays Champions League victory over Viktoria Plzen. City manager Manuel Pellegrini said he did not want to rush the defender back intto the squad for Sundays match against Swansea City, while fellow defender Vincent Kompany is ready to return but will also sit out against the Swans. Scarpe NMD Italia. "Vincent Kompany is fit and he is not ready to play on Sunday but I think next week he will be without any problems," said the Chilean boss. "Nastasic needs more time to recover - I think three weeks more." 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