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 | Tsonga qualified for the third round in Monte Carlo1-07-2012 |
World No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) qualified for the third round of the Masters Series tournament in Monte Carlo with a prize of € 2,750,000.
In the second round Tsonga defeated Philip Kolshrayber (Germany) with 6:2, 6:4. The French took three breaks and won for 1:25 hours.
In the next round Tsonga, who is number 4 in the scheme will face Fernando Verdasco from Spain. Verdasco remove Ivan Dodig (Croatia) with 3:6, 6:3, 6:1 after nearly two hours of play.
No. 10 Feliciano Lopez (Spain) lost to Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) with 1:6, 4:6.
No. 11 Juan Monaco (Argentina) withdrew due to injury in the third set of the match against Robin Haase (Netherlands). Haas won the first set with 7:5, lost the second with 0:6 and retreated in the third with 2:3 games.
For the second round of the tournament ranked Nishikori Kei (Japan), who beat Albert Ramos (Spain) with 6:2, 7:5.
The Spaniard Pablo Anduhar beat Federico Delbponis (Argentina) with 3:6, 6:4, 6:2.