Australia's Casey Dellacqua has suffered a first round defeat at the WTA Sony Ericcson Open in Miami.
Dellacqua, Australia's top-ranked female tennis player, went down 6-2, 7-6 (7-1) to Russia's Anastasia Rodionova.
In other results, France's Nathalie Dechy demolished Saori Nakamura of Japan 6-0, 6-0 while Marta Domachowska of Poland held out local Jill Craybas 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (7-6).
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