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Australian Open: Stako Suffers Second Round Exit

Sergiy's ambitions of reaching the third round at the 2012 Australian Open have been dashed by No. 30 seed Kevin Anderson as he lost 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-3 in 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Stako started big dictating the game; he won 81 percent of points on first serve in the first set and Anderson could do nothing to stop him from taking it 6-3 in 34 minutes. Anderson made a comeback in the second set, breezing thriugh it 6-1 in 25 minutes. A tight third set ended in Anderson playing a strong tie-break and winning 7-3. The fourth set also went to Anderson with a lone break.

In doubles play, Sergiy teams up with Mikhail Youzhny. In the first round, they play Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah of Colombia.

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