Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero, the ninth seed, was knocked out in the second round at Wimbledon today by American Jeff Morrison, who won 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) in two hours and 15 minutes.
Morrison, ranked 98 in the world, now takes on either veteran American Michael Chang or Dutch 18th seed Sjengn in the third round.
Ferrero, the runner-up at the French Open just over two weeks ago, is the sixth of the top ten seeds in the men's singles to have been knocked out of the tournament following Marat Safin, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampra, Roger Federer and Thomas Johansson.
Top seed Lleyton Hewitt of Australia defeated French qualifier Gregory Carraz 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 in 1hr 57min to move into the third round.
Hewitt now takes on Austria's Julian Knowle who put out Finland's 32nd seed Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
Belgian fifth seed Kim Clijsters was another major casualty, losing 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 to Elena Likhovtseva of Russia.
Last year's runner-up Justine Henin, the sixth seed from Belgian, moved into the third round with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Denisa Chladkova of the Czech Republic.
Henin next meets Switzerland's Myriam Casanova, who beat 29th-seeded Barbara Schett of Austria 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
AFP