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Tsonga Must Defeat Brands In Four Hours

Paris (ANTARA News / Reuters) - host's favorite player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had to fight hard to beat not famous German Daniel Brands to reach the second round of French Open by winning a marathon 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-7 7 - 5, Sunday.

Drop shot timely enough for Brands to beat Tsonga in the early game, while French eighth seed lost the first set before finding measures to gradually advance to second round and meet compatriot Josselin Ouanna.

Brands take advantage of a series of mistakes by Tsonga for the equalizer with a win "tiebreak" fourth set 7-2.

German tennis player to save one "match points" in the 10th game in the final set, then in his 12th game, before giving up when he sent pukukan "backhand" too long after struggling for three hours 43-minutes.

But Tsonga was not affected by the slow start.

"I do not worry. I played in a long time but I still have two days to recover," he told reporters.

"The fact that I survive long in the field could be good because I hit the ball many times and helped me find the progress (to continue the rest of this tournament)."