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Tsonga, Simon, Isner advance

Associated Press

Thursday, October 1, 2009

BANGKOK -- Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won a three-tiebreaker match against Ernests Gulbis 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open. Gulbis, ranked 99th, staved off a set point at 4-5 to take the opener and had 5-4 and 6-5 leads in the second set. But the Frenchman held on to force the tiebreaker. In the third set, players held serve to set up another tiebreaker, when Tsonga forced Gulbis into errors. "It was very tough, but I fought ...

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