Venus Williams and Jo Wilfried Tsonga take early leads at Hopman Cup

Tsonga Wins his match

Jo Wilfried Tsonga put France ahead when he beat Verdasco 7-5, 6-3 in the singles.

Tsonga saved three set points before going up 1-0. He then broke three times in the second set and closed out the match on his fourth match point.

“It was not easy at the beginning,” Tsonga said. “He played well. Then I wake up and played a lot better and it was a good match for me, to win the first match of the season. The first one is always tough. You have to be really focused. The best part of my game was that I moved pretty well today.”

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