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Former champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France rallied to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday in the second round of the Open 13.
The sixth-seeded Tsonga, who won the indoor tournament in Marseille two years ago, dropped his serve once in the first set but didn't face another break point.
"I didn't really know how to play against him. I was a bit lost as to how to approach the whole thing," Tsonga said. "I pulled myself together, which is the most important thing. The fans helped me."
Meanwhile, fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria had an easier path into the last eight, beating Andreas Seppi of Italy 7-5, 6-3. He next plays either No. 5 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia or Russia's Dmitry Tursunov.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6128942
