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Australian doubles specialist Wayne Arthurs knocked out second seed Tommy Robredo 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the first round of the St Petersburg Open.
Updated : Sep 18, 2017, 05:34 PM IST
ST PETERSBURG: Australian doubles specialist Wayne Arthurs knocked out second seed Tommy Robredo 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the first round of the $1 million St Petersburg Open on Tuesday.
The defeat came as a blow to the Spanish world number eight's bid to qualify for next month's season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai.
Third seed Mario Ancic of Croatia went through with a 7-5 6-1 victory over unseeded American Paul Goldstein.
Holder Thomas Johansson of Sweden beat Canadian Frank Dancevic 6-0 6-7 6-3 to set up a second-round clash with seventh-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny or unseeded German Rainer Schuettler.
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko takes on Frenchman Fabrice Santoro later on Tuesday in a rematch of their Kremlin Cup semi-final won by the Russian earlier this month on the way to claiming his fourth title of the year.