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LONDON, JUNE 9: World number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov was sent skidding out of the London Grasscourt Championships and lost his World Top ranking today.
The Russian top seed8217;s 3-6 6-3 6-3 defeat by 74th-ranked Armenian Sargis Sargsian at Queen8217;s Club means he will drop out of number one spot when new rankings are announced next week.
Either Pete Sampras, who is playing at Queen8217;s, or Pat Rafter, the top seed at Halle in Germany, will take over.
Earlier Croatian eighth seed and last year8217;s Wimbledon finalist Goran Ivanisevic beat Bulgarian Orlin Stanoytchev 6-4 6-4, French 11th seed and 1997 Wimbledon finalist Cedric Pioline beat Australian Mark Woodforde 6-4 7-5 while 12th-seeded Australian Jason Stoltenberg ousted British hopeful Martin Lee 7-6 6-1.
