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ARTICLE - Unwell Ferrero suffers shock loss

Second seed Juan Carlos Ferrero crashed to a straight-sets defeat by Alberto Martin in the second round of the Valencia Open on Thursday.

Ferrero, who lost 6-4 6-2, blamed a fever for the poor quality of his display against his fellow Spaniard.

"I was tired from halfway through the first set, so I tried to win it by being more aggressive in the second set, but I couldn't," he said.

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