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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

{allcanada} CANADA'S DANCEVIC KNOCKS OUT DEFENDING CHAMPION AT SA OPEN

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Canada's Frank Dancevic defeated top-seeded Feliciano Lopez in the first round of the SA Tennis Open on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old from Niagara Falls, Ont., dispatched the defending champion from Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (8) in a two-hour, eight-minute tussle broken by rain.

Lopez became the fifth out of eight seeded players to fall in the first round.

Earlier, third-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and seventh-seeded Rainer Schuettler of Germany were knocked out as the seeded players struggled in the high altitude in Johannesburg.

Only No. 4 Kevin Anderson, No. 6 Adrian Mannarino and No. 8 Michal Przysiezny survived the opening round.