Guccione no match for Schuettler in Sweden
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Australian Chris Guccione has lost his first round match at the Stockholm Open in Sweden.
Guccione was thrashed 6-0, 6-3 by Germany's Rainer Schuettler.
Top seed David Nalbandian barely broke sweat, hammering American Bobby Reynolds 6-1, 6-1.
The Argentine world number seven, making his first tournament appearance in the Swedish capital as he chases a spot in the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai, was too solid from the baseline to be threatened by Reynolds.
Nalbandian, who became the tournament's top seed following Swiss Roger Federer's withdrawal, needed just 55 minutes to win.
Second seed Mario Ancic overcame a stiff challenge in the first set from Belgian Olivier Rochus before the Croatian eventually won 7-6, 6-2.
-ABC/Reuters
