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By Paul JohnsonGutsy Queenslander Kimberly Birrell has hung tough to turn up the heat on veteran Kaia Kanepi, sending the part-time ice road trucker packing in the first round of the Australian Open.
Kanepi, 37, drives trucks in her native country in her spare time and for much of the deciding set on Tuesday she looked like she'd rather be back there - or anywhere else really - rather than slugging it out with Birrell under the blazing sun at Kia Arena.
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