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 | Tsonga beat and Lyodra continues in Rotterdam9-02-2011 |
French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga qualified for the third round of main draw of the strongest tennis tournament in the Dutch city of Rotterdam with a prize fund € 1,150,000.
Tsonga, who is number 18 in the world, eliminated in the last round Grigor Dimitrov, and now deal with his compatriot Michel Lyodra after success with 4:6, 6:4, 6:2.
Croatia's Marin Cilic also continues in the third round after beat Juergen Melzer today in Austria with 6:2, 6:4.
Feliciano Lopez and Mikhail Youzhny did continue in the second round of the tournament. The Spaniard beat Florian Mayer of Germany with 6:3, 6:4, and Russian tapeworm, which is sixth in the scheme, after eliminate Marcel Granollers 6:2, 7:6 (8:6).
Frenchman Benoit Paer did throw the bomb in the first round after their defeat far more distinguished compatriot Gilles Simon of 6:2, 2:6, 6:3.