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| Juan Martin del Potro wins in second round at Open 13 in France
MARSEILLE, France, Feb. 21 () -- Juan Martin del Potro managed just one break Thursday but still won a three-set, second-round match at the Open 13 tennis tournament in France.Del Potro, seeded second, edged Michael Llodra 3-6, 7-6 (7-4),[url=http://www.christianelouboutinoutlet.com]Louboutin Outlet[/url], 7-5 in more than 2 1/2 hours. Del Potro had a handful of break opportunities but didn't finish one off until the 11th game of the third set.Del Potro only lost his serve once,[url=http://www.christianelouboutinoutlet.com]Christian Louboutin Clearance[/url], which allowed Llodra to take the first set. Del Potro pulled even by taking the second-set tiebreaker and advanced by holding serve after the late third-set break.Dmitry Tursunov eliminated fourth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic 7-6 (7-4), 6-2. He saved all four break points he faced while winning 70 percent of the points on serve.No. 6-seeded Gilles Simon, despite being good on just half of his first serves, beat Roberto Bautista-Agut 6-3, 6-1. Simon took 61 percent of the points both serving and receiving.Jerzy Janowicz, the seventh seed, completed second-round play with a 7-6 (7-0), 6-3 win over Julien Benneteau. He broke the match open with the shutout in the tiebreaker and won eight of the first 10 points in the second set in taking a lead he wouldn't lose.Janowicz takes on top-seeded Tomas Berdych and Tursunov meet Gilles Muller in the quarterfinals in the top half of the draw. Del Potro plays Simon and No. 3-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga faces Bernard Tomic in the other quarterfinals. |
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