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French Open 2013: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survives scare, advances to 3rd round
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advances into the third round of the French Open thanks to a 7-6 6-4 6-3 victory over Jarkko Nieminen.
The first set of the match proved to be even and with no breaks of serve secured, a tie-break was reached. It appeared that Nieminen was going to take a one-set lead when he was 6-5 in front, but Tsonga responded by winning three points in succession.
Tsonga then went on to break in the fifth game of the next two sets to secure his spot in the next round, dropping just eight points on his serve in the process.
He will now play either Roberto Bautista Agut or Jeremy Chardy for a place in round four at Roland Garros.
Source: Agencies