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First Sam Querrey lost his serving groove. Then he lost the match.
Lukas Lacko earned his first win in 12 tries against a player ranked in the top 20, knocking off the third-seeded Querrey 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the first round of the SAP Open on Tuesday night.
Querrey won three-quarters of his points on serve in the opening set, with 10 aces. But that powerful serve left him after the first set tiebreaker and he went on to lose for the ninth time in his past 10 matches.
"The first set was one of the best sets of serving in my life, Querrey said. "The second set I was not using my legs as much and started losing confidence in it and then it went away."
The loss by the 17th-ranked Querrey was one of three by seeded players in the first round on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, big-serving Milos Raonic upset fourth-seeded Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-4, and sixth-seeded Benjamin Becker lost to Richard Berankis 6-3, 7-6 (2).
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6103243
