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Andrew Ilie of Australia celebrates winnning a point against Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain, in the second round of the Australian Open Tennis Championships, played at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.

In one of the two upsets of the day, Ferrero, the Spanish ninth seed became the first men's seed to fall at the Australian Open when he was beaten 6-3, 2-6, 1-6, 6-1, 2-6 by Australia's Andrew Ilie in the second round on Wednesday.

Ilie had a phenomenal 39 winners and beat Ferrero to secure a third round berth.

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