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Marcos was beaten in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open on Saturday evening, falling to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4.
Defending champion Djokovic broke serve once in each set and saved two break points to claim victory in one hour and 31 minutes.
"He definitely deserves to be one of the seeded players," said Djokovic. "Obviously he struggled a little bit with injuries that took him away from the tour.
"But he's a quality player, there is no doubt. He's very solid from both sides, from the baseline; he has a really good first serve; he's aggressive player; he has a very flat shot.
"I thought I played really well. Towards the end I made a little more unforced errors, but generally it was a good performance for the first match."
Marcos will now begin his training for the clay-court season, with his first scheduled tournament taking place at the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, beginning on 23 April in Bucharest.
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