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Monaco stuns Murray

Rome: Qualifier Juan Monaco dumped World No. 4 Andy Murray out of the ATP Rome Masters on Wednesday following an epic three-set match that lasted two hours 40 minutes.

The Argentine clay specialist made a mockery of his number 58 world ranking to come through 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 against an Murray, who has yet to win a match on court here on the Roman dirt in three attempts.

The results: At Rome: Rome Masters: Second round: Novak Djokovic bt Albert Montanes 7-6(5), 6-0; Juan Monaco bt Andy Murray 1-6, 6-3, 7-5; Marin Cilic bt Christophe Rochus 6-0, 5-7, 6-2; Robin Soderling bt Victor Crivoi 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-1.

First round: Richard Gasquet bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(2), 6-4; Fernando Gonzalez bt Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-1; Fabio Fognini bt Filippo Volandri 6-7(3), 6-1, 7-6(4); Ernests Gulbis bt Nicolas Almagro 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2; Janko Tipsarevic bt Jose Acasuso 6-3, 6-4; Andreas Seppi bt Sam Querrey 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Jurgen Melzer bt Julien Benneteau 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Mardy Fish bt Igor Andreev 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(2); Mischa Zverev bt Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Feliciano Lopez bt Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-2; Robin Soderling bt Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-0; Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Simone Bolelli 4-6, 6-1, 6-0; Tommy Robredo bt Marat Safin 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-5, 6-4.

At Stuttgart: First round: Dinara Safina bt Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1; Na Li bt Shuai Peng 6-2, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Aleksandra Wozniak 7-6(2), 6-0; Caroline Wozniacki bt Iveta Benesova 6-3, 7-5; Agnes Szavay bt Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(4); Elena Dementieva bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Marion Bartoli bt Karolina Sprem 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.

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