News, Reviews, Headlines for the world of Tennis (tennis news)
 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga qualified for the quarterfinals in Vienna28-10-2011 |
Seeded first in the main draw Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) qualified for the quarterfinals of tennis tournament for men in the Austrian capital Vienna with a prize fund € 650,000. Tsonga beat Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) with 3:6, 6:1, 3:1, and denial of Finn. Local favorite, twice champion and placed third Jurgen Melzer won the ninth game of the tournament after beating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 7-5, 6-1 in 90 minutes. Meltzer in the quarterfinals will play with Kevin Anderson (South Africa). Two Germans qualified for the quarterfinals. The winner of the 2001 and Tommy Haas removed Alyaz poor (Slovenia) with 4:6, 6:4, 6:1. Daniel Brands beat No. 4 in the scheme Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-6 (7-4).