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Third-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain beat Florian Mayer of Germany 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday in the first round of the Palermo International Ferrero, the 2003 French Open champion, is ranked 20th and has not won a title this year. ``I'm finally back in form, and I hope to get back in the top 10 as soon as possible,'' he said.

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