Tennis news - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga roars through in Paris as Marin Cilic and Milos Raonic advance
ByReuters
Published 28/10/2019 at 21:54 GMT
Marin Cilic and Milos Raonic booked their spots in the Paris Masters second round on Monday, as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga thrilled the home crowd with victory over Andrey Rublev.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - Paris Masters 2019
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Tsonga had not won a Masters 1000 match since Madrid in 2017, but fought back from a set down to beat Rublev 4-6 7-5 6-4.
Cilic eased past Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 7-6(5) 6-4 to set up a second round meeting with three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka.
The 2014 U.S. Open champion dictated the contest with power and precision as he won 86% of his first-serve points to seal his third consecutive victory over Hurkacz in less than two years.
Big-serving Canadian Raonic capitalised on fast court conditions to outclass Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-2 in just over an hour at the AccorHotels Arena.
A back injury has limited Raonic to three matches since the Rogers Cup in August, but the 2014 Paris runner-up was back to full strength as he struck 14 aces in a masterful display.
Raonic will next face newly-crowned Vienna Open champion Dominic Thiem.
Earlier in the day, world number three Roger Federer pulled out of the tournament as he fine tunes his schedule heading into the season-ending ATP Finals.
Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas have booked their places for next month's ATP Finals, with the Paris Masters set to determine who clinches the final two spots for the London tournament.
Italian Andreas Seppi has replaced Federer as a lucky loser in the Paris main draw and will meet Moldova's Radu Albot in the second round.
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