Davydenko exits Stuttgart
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Fading former top-five star Nikolay Davydenko was a first-round upset victim Monday at the Mercedes Cup tennis event.
German wild card Dustin Brown saved a match point before driving out the sixth-seeded Russian Davydenko 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7) on the red clay at TC Weissenhof.
Also on Day 1, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez whipped fellow Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-2, 6-3 and Belgian Steve Darcis handled Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-4. Montanes was the champion here two years ago.
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This week's top seed is Serb Janko Tipsarevic.
Juan Carlos Ferrero, who is not defending his title this week, topped Pablo Andujar in last year's all-Spanish Stuttgart finale.