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Sampras, Henman exit

AFP, Rome
American Pete Sampras was eliminated from the 2.8 million dollar Tennis Masters Series event here Tuesday, joining Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson, Britain's Tim Henman and Switzerland's Roger Federer as seeded casualties on the day.
Sampras, who achieved a rare title on clay here in 1994, battled gamely against experienced Spaniard Felix Mantilla but in the end went down 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.
It does not augur well for 12th seed 'Pistol Pete' who will later this month attempt to capture the one Grand Slam title to elude him in his glorious career when he plays in the French Open on the red clay where he has traditionally floundered.
His occasional doubles partner Henman, clearly suffering from the stomach bug that had affected him leading up to the match, had earlier perished 3-6, 7-6, 6-0 with the Briton crumbling after a game display in the first two sets.
Sweden's Johansson had earlier exited at the hands of French journeyman Arnaud Clement who had won 6-4, 6-4 while Italian player Andrea Gaudenzi accounted for 11th seed Federer 6-4, 6-4.
Gaudenzi said: "I did not play like an extraterrestrial but he was certainly not on top of his game."
Henman, watched by his parents, had been unable to keep any food down in the build-up to his match and although he started well he wilted in the Rome sun in the final set.
"Last night and this morning I had really bad diarrhoea," said
Henman. "I haven't eaten for quite some time. So there's not a lot of energy inside of me. Still I nearly squeaked out a result."
The three defeated seeds joined Spain's Alex Corretja and Argentina's Guillermo Canas who both exited on Monday.
Gonzalez can look forward to a second-round battle with Italian wildcard Stefano Galvani who had dispatched the other Briton Greg Rusedski in his first round match.
Earlier defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain and Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov both made easier-than-expected progress through to the second round.
Both men qualified after their opponents had to retire with Ferrero prevailing when his German opponent Rainer Schuttler ran up the white flag with the score 6-2, 4-3 in favour of the Spaniard.
Schuttler had excelled himself last week, reaching the final of the Munich Open where he lost to Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco and the German looked jaded two days after his herculean effort, finally calling it a day in the second set.
Ferrero will next play unseeded Croat Ivan Ljubicic who dispatched Italy's Federico Luzzi on Monday evening.
"I am playing as well as last year," warned Ferrero. "I have a lot of faith in my game and that is helping me a lot."
Kafelnikov, who had helped Ferrero win in Rome last year by knocking up with him on the morning of the final, also made his way through when Argentinian Franco Squillari called it quits with the score 6-1, 2-0 in favour of his opponent.
Another to give up the ghost was Sweden's Magnus Norman who called it a day when he injured a calf when a set up in his encounter with fellow countryman Thomas Enqvist