France, Feb. 9 -- Gilles Simon's Australian Open campaign ended in 92 unceremonious minutes on Tuesday with a straight sets loss on Rod Laver Arena to fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Simon, a former world number six, has dropped to 66 in the rankings. But the 36-year-old Frenchman possesses guile to cause an upset.

However, Tsitsipas was too vigilant in their first meeting on the circuit andblew him off the court 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.

"I obviously wasn't expecting it to come so easy," said the Greek. "I was surprised.

Ease

"It was a great match from my side. I think I played a spectacular match from the beginning to the end."

Simon failed to fashion any break points on the Tsitsipas serve and hit only six winners compared to 26 from Tsitsip...