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Second-seeded Fernando Verdasco(Above) of Spain was knocked out in the first round of the Mexican Open, losing 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci(Below) on Tuesday.
Verdasco lost in the first round of the RMK Championships in Memphis last week, to Milos Raonic, who beat him in the SAP Open final the previous week.
Bellucci converted 75 percent of his break points and won 70 percent of his service points to beat Verdasco in just more than two hours late Tuesday.
Earlier, third-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain took a confident step toward his third straight title with an easy 6-3, 6-2 win over Victor Hanescu of Romania. Almagro won the Copa Claro on Sunday in Buenos Aires and the Brazil Open the week before -- both on clay, the surface in Mexico.
Fourth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland also got off to a winning start, defeating Pablo Andujar of Spain 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) in the joint ATP and WTA event at the resort on Mexico's Pacific Coast.
Defending champion and top-seeded David Ferrer reached the second round Monday.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6148499
