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Tsonga Battles Into Qatar Open Second Round
By: James Waterson
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Photo Credit: Natasha Peterson/Corleve
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(January 3, 2012) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived a tough three-set test from 118th-ranked Malek Jaziri of Tunisia to advance to the second round of the Qatar Open in Doha on Tuesday.
Tsonga, the third seed, served 12 aces and saved five break points en route to a 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-1 win. It was the Frenchman’s first match since he lost to Roger Federer in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals in November.
He faces 75th-ranked Flavio Cipolla of Italy, who he’s never played on the ATP World Tour.
Croatian giant Ivo Karlovic started his season off well with a 6-7 (1), 6-2, 7-6 (3) win against Sergiy Stakhovsky, Matthias Bachinger defeated Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain 6-3, 6-4 and Denis Gremelmayr dismissed Potito Starace 6-3, 6-2.
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