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Newport, RI (SportsNetwork.com) - Nicolas Mahut will not be a repeat champion at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
Australian Samuel Groth knocked out the fourth-seeded Frenchman, 6-3, 6-4, in Thursday's quarterfinal action on the grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Mahut defeated two-time runner-up Lleyton Hewitt in last year's Newport finale and was a runner-up at this grass-court event back in 2007.
The 2014 Newport champ will earn $81,500.
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