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2nd seed Golovin upset in Memphis tennis
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American Bethanie Mattek stunned second seed Tatiana Golovin of France 6-4 and 6-4 in the first round of the Memphis Championships tennis tournament on Tuesday.

The 22-year-old Mattek, ranked 148th in the world, landed 71 percent of her first serves to defeat the 13th-ranked Frenchwoman.

Golovin made five double faults in the match and won just 49 percent of her serves. She had beaten Mattek in straight sets in 2003 in their only other meeting.

"I was seeing the ball really well," Mattek told reporters. "My goal for this match was to see the ball early, where she was hitting it. So I was there for every shot before she knew it. I stuck to my game plan."

Mattek will face German wildcard Julia Goerges in the second round.

On the men's side, fourth seed Czech Radek Stepanek slammed seven aces and never lost his serve, beating American qualifier Jesse Levine 6-1 6-4 in less than an hour.

(Xinhua News Agency February 27, 2008)

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