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Lacko bundles out Querrey
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 10 - 02 - 2011

Lukas Lacko of Slovakia follows through on a return to Sam Querrey of the United States at the SAP Open Tennis Tournament in San Jose Tuesday. (AP)
SAN JOSE, California: Lukas Lacko earned his first career win against a top-20 player – at the 12th attempt – by beating third-seeded Sam Querrey 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the first round of the SAP Open on Tuesday.
The loss by the 17th-ranked Querrey was one of three by seeded players in the first round Tuesday. Earlier in the day, big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic upset fourth-seeded Belgian Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-4, and sixth-seeded Benjamin Becker of Germany lost to Lithuania's Richard Berankis 6-3, 7-6 (2).
This is the third straight loss to open the year for Querrey, who lost his first match of the year in Sydney to Alexandr Dolgopolov and fell in the first round of the Australian Open to Lukasz Kubot.
The American quickly left the court as soon as the match ended and went right out of the arena without changing, refusing to do a postmatch interview despite a request from the tournament organizers. In other first-round matches, eighth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan beat Czech Jan Hajek 6-1, 7-6 (6), and Argentina's Brian Dabul beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-4, 6-3.
Tsonga prevails
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won an all-French match Wednesday to book the first of the quarterfinal places at the ATP Rotterdam Open as he defeated compatriot Michael Llodra 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Two more Frenchman squared off at the Ahoy complex, with Benoit Paire putting out Gilles Simon 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in just over 90 minutes. Spain's Feliciano Lopez beat German Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-4.
Top-seeded Robin Soderling eased to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Robin Haase Tuesday.
Soderling's next opponent is Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, who defeated Taiwan's Yen-Hsun Lu 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Ivanovic advances
Second-seeded Ana Ivanovic downed American veteran Jill Craybas 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 in a second-round match which was suspended for 40 minutes because of an electricity failure at the Pattaya Open Wednesday.
Third-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia squandered three match points in losing to Kazakh qualifier Galina Voskoboeva 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, and sixth-seeded Peng Shuai of China defeated Elena Baltacha of Britain 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Ivanovic next plays fifth-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci, who beat China's Zhang Shuai 7-5, 6-1.
Wickmayer, Petkovicwin
Sixth-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany overcame problems on her serve to beat countrywoman Angelique Kerber 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in the first round of the Open Gaz de France Wednesday.
Yanina Wickmayer saved a break point at 4-2 down in the first set before beating Elena Vesnina of Russia 7-6 (1), 6-2. The Belgian faces Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands set up a second-round meeting with Maria Sharapova with a blistering 6-0, 6-3 win over Carla Suarez Navarro Tuesday.
Chela advances
Fifth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina beat Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Da Silva 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Brazil Open Tuesday. In other first-round matches at the clay-court event, No. 6 seed Tommy Robredo of Spain rallied to beat Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 and seventh-seeded Potito Starace of Italy overcame Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 5-7, 6


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