No. 3 seed Troicki ousted in first round
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Karol Beck of Slovakia upset third-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 on Monday in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open.
Troicki leveled at a set apiece after breaking in the 10th game of the second set.
Beck, the 2004 runner-up, set up his victory with a break in the seventh game of the third set.
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? Troicki also lost in the tournament's opening round last year, falling to eventual champion Andy Murray of Britain.
Bjorn Phau of Germany also moved into the second round, beating Russian wild card Stanislav Vovk 6-3, 6-2. Rainer Schuettler of Germany, the 2001 runner-up, was ousted by Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-4.
Mikhail Youzhny leads the field after winning the Kremlin Cup on Sunday for his fifth career title. He won the event in 2004.
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