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Spain's Rafael Nadal serves during his first round men's singles match against Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci on the second day of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament at the All England Tennis home apartment vacation rentals san francisco Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 26, 2012. Photograph by: GLYN KIRK
LONDON, June 26, 2012 (AFP) — Two-time winner Rafael Nadal and British hope Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday, but Australia's men slumped to their country's worst performance since 1938.
"It's always tough to make the change from clay to grass, especially when over the last couple of months I played home apartment vacation rentals san francisco almost every match on tour. Physically you start having some troubles," admitted Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion.
Defending champion Petra Kvitova home apartment vacation rentals san francisco overcame early nerves to progress 6-4, 6-4 against Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan, but the 22-year-old Czech fourth seed did it the hard way, having trailed 3-0 and 4-1 in the first set.
Lleyton Hewitt's 10th anniversary party of his 2002 title was gatecrashed by French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who cruised to a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win, handing the Australian his earliest exit at the All England Club since 2003.
His loss also meant that there will be no Australian man in the second round for the first time since 1938 after compatriots Bernard Tomic, a quarter-finalist last year and seeded 20, Matthew Ebdon and Marinko Matosevic were also beaten.
The injury-plagued Hewitt, 31, whose ranking has plummeted to 202 after undergoing radical surgery to cut bone out of his big toe, refused to entertain any notion that the problems of Australian tennis mirrored home apartment vacation rentals san francisco a decline in the country's sporting prowess in general.
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Spain's Rafael Nadal serves during his first round men's singles match against Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci on the second day of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 26, 2012. Photograph by: GLYN KIRK, AFP PHOTO       E-mail this Gallery Print this Gallery Share this Gallery
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