The South African last failed to make the cut on the European circuit at the 1999 German Masters, where he was disqualified for not completing his second round following two shots into water.

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The Argentine picked up where he left off last May on German clay when he lifted the Hamburg Masters title.

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Murray starts his defense of his Shanghai Masters title against Florian Mayer on Wednesday after the German beat Australia's Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-0 in the first round, while Djokovic faces Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria.

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Haas' defeat means he can no longer qualify for the Masters Cup and it also caps a miserable year for the German, who has not won a title all season.

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Westwood, 37, who has played only once in three months because of a calf injury, took the top spot as German Martin Kaymer failed to record the top-two finish he required at the Andalucia Masters last weekend.

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Kaymer is bidding to become the first German to win the Open and only the country's second major winner after Bernhard Langer won the Masters in 1985 and 1993.

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