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 | Zonga beats, Puy dropped out of the Australian Open16-01-2018 |
Number 15 in the world rankings Jo-Wilfried Tonga (France) qualified for the second round of the Australian Open Tennis Championship.
The Frenchman defeated without any problems the US qualifier Kevin King, 214th in the world rankings, with 6:4, 6:4, 6:1 for two hours.
In the second round, Tonga will play with the Canadian teenager Dennis Shapovalov, who has won the first win of his career in the Golden Slam tournament in Melbourne after eliminating Stephanos Tsitsipas (Greece), 19, 6:1, 6:3, 7:6(5).
Luka Puy (France) was eliminated in the first round after losing 4:6, 4:6, 7:6 (4), 6:7 (6) in 3:11 hours by Belgian qualifier Ruben Bemelmans.
In the second round, Bemelmans will play with Nicolos Basililashvili (Georgia).