Maria was the first German to be eliminated in Melbourne
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Tatjana Maria had to admit defeat against Petra Marcinko.AFP
The first setback for the German tennis professionals at the Australian Open: Tatjana Maria lost a sweaty game against Croatian Petra Marcinko, who is 18 years her junior, 3:6, 5:7.
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