ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Three seeded players, including No. 4 Gilles Simon, were ousted Monday in first-round play at the Next Generation Adelaide tennis tournament in Australia.
Simon dropped a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 decision to Michael Llodra while fifth-seeded Radek Stepanek was behind 7-6 (7-3), 4-3 when he retired because of a heel injury, allowing wild-card entrant Joseph Sirianni to advance.