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Safin stumbles Russian ousted in second round
Posted: Thursday June 29, 2000 11:08 AM
LONDON (Reuters) -- Russia's Marat Safin joined the growing ranks of ousted seeds on Thursday when he lost his second round Wimbledon match to Czech Martin Damm 7-5, 7-6, 6-3. The 15th seed looked to be on a winning streak in the opening games, but Damm found his rhythm and spun stunning returns past the tall Russian to break his serve and take the set 7-5. The Czech's powerful serve went off the boil at the start of the second set but Safin seemed reluctant to punish slower balls, instead hitting a series of poor returns which floated out of play. He failed to regain his concentration and quickly lost his temper, incurring a warning for ball abuse and flirting with another after smashing his raquet on the court. But for all the yelling, the 20-year-old failed to get himself up again and lost to a much more consistent player. Safin was due to play second seed Andre Agassi in the last 16.
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