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Mathieu, Seppi make first-round exits

Associated Press

Sunday, June 14, 2009

EASTBOURNE, England -- Seeded players Paul-Henri Mathieu and Andreas Seppi bowed out in straight sets on the opening day of the ATP grasscourt tournament at Eastbourne on Sunday. Third-seeded Mathieu fell 6-4, 6-2 to Janko Tipsarevic, and seventh-seeded Seppi lost 7-6 (4), 7-5 to Ivan Ljubicic in the warmup for Wimbledon. Mathieu faced 17 break points in the match. He was unable to save one in the first set and two in the second, while his opponent held off two of two break points, both in the ...

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