Bernard Tomic has blown a one set to love lead to lose to Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic in the first round of the BMW Open in Munich.
Tipsarevic, playing on a wildcard, in just his third tournament of the year is making a comeback after being sidelined 17 months following two surgeries to remove a benign tumor from his left foot took a little over two hours to defeat Tomic 5-7 6-1 7-6 (7-3).
Tipsarevic hammered 11 aces in the three-set win and took advantage of the Tomic second serve, winning more than half the points when the Australian missed with his first ball.
The win sets Tipsarevic up for a second round battle with Dominican journeyman Victor Estrella Burgos.
The loss marks the first time this year that Tomic has bowed out in the first round of a tournament.
Tomic was also the only seed upset in day one of action in Munich, where Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky achieved a rare 6-0 6-0 win, destroying Russian World No.417 Mikhail Ledoskikh in one of the most one-sided matches on tour this year.
The win took just 35 minutes as Stakhovsky won 51 of 69 points played in the match.
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