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Lu, Darcis advance; Gasquet out



Top seed Richard Gasquet joined the day's upset list as the Frenchman lost to Australian Marinko Matosevic 1-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3) after two and a half hours and 13 aces at the Eastbourne grass-court event on Tuesday.

Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan upset French fifth seed Julien Benneteau 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4).

Belgian Steve Darcis put out Australian Matthew Ebden 6-2, 6-4 and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan beat Michael Llodra of France 6-4, 6-3.

Wild card Andy Roddick hit the practice courts again after playing for just 24 minutes before Sam Querrey retired trailing 5-2 with back pain. Roddick entered this week after an opening loss at Queen's club.

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