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 | Lleyton Hewitt surprise Juan Monaco in Valencia24-10-2012 |
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) eliminated in the first round in the fourth scheme Juan Monaco (Argentina) of the strong tennis tournament in Valencia with prize € 1,420,000.
The Australian, who starred with wild cards, serve samples of their opponents twice in the first set and three times in the second and won the match with 6:3, 6:4.
With this success, Hewitt ended series of ten consecutive losses against opponents from the top 10.
In the second round the Australian will face the Croatian Ivan Dodig qualifier who beat the German Philipp Kohlschreiber with 6:2, 7:6 (6).
The Spanish clash in the first round Fernando Verdasco beat Tommy Robredo with 6:3, 6:4.