JOHANNESBURG: Asian tennis star Lu Yen-hsun from Taiwan crashed out of the South Africa Open in the opening round on Tuesday after a 6-3, 6-3 defeat by Canadian Milos Raonic.
Seeded second for the ATP event behind Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, Yen-hsun had no answer to the serves of the 1.96m native of Montenegro that whistled through the high-altitude air at speeds of more than 230km.
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