Tennis news - Lucas Pouille makes early exit in Sydney

ByPA Sport

Updated 08/01/2019 at 16:06 GMT

World number 30 Lucas Pouille, seeded sixth, was a first-round casualty at the Sydney International as he went down tamely 6-2 6-3 to Russian Andrey Rublev.

Lucas Pouille of France plays a backhand to David Ferrer of Spain during day seven of the 2019 Hopman Cup at RAC Arena on January 04, 2019 in Perth, Australia.

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The Frenchman, seeded sixth, went down tamely 6-2 6-3 to Russian Andrey Rublev.

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