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Australian Bernard Tomic missed out on a chance to test himself against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic as the youngest member of the ATP top 50 lost an early lead to go down in the opening round 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to German Florian Mayer.
The event which is already short the injured (hamstring) Maria Sharapova lost world No. 3 Victoria Azarenka through a late pullout after the weekend Carlsbad finalist took a wild card and then withdrew due to back pain.
Stosur: "This is obviously a huge boost for me. I haven't had great results all year really, so to be able to bounce back, especially from last week's first round loss, and play better and better each day, it's really exciting and a good boost going into the last Grand Slam tournament of the year.”
Double grand slam winner Victoria Azarenka will return to No. 2 after she beating Ana Ivanovic 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 for reach the final.
Spain's 53rd-ranked Marcel Granollers spoiled the scenario for former Argentine champion Juan Monaco with a 0-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 fight back in the final, lifting his fourth career trophy - third on clay - in two and a quarter hours.
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Argentine Juan Monaco moved closer to his second title in Austria as the second seed beat No. 7 Alberto Montanes 7-6(2), 7-5 in the semi-finals.
Australian Samantha Stosur and Virginie Razzano of France both reached their first semi-finals of the season with labored wins.
Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska moved into the quarter-finals, with second-seeded elder sister Agnieszka, a finalist last weekend in Stanford, starting the hardcourt build-up with a defeat of Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 6-3.
Second seed and 2007 champion Juan Monaco continued his quest for the last summer clay title before the serious start of the pre-US Open hardcourt season, with the on-form Argentine defeating Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 for a his third semi-final place of the clay summer.
Victoria Azarenka turned 24th by beating fellow grand slam winner Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 6-3.
Juan Monaco is taking aim at a second title at this mountain event after winning the trophy in 2007.
Washington DC (Tues): Kerber, Makarova & Cornet Into Second Round
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