Tsonga rallies to beat Mahut in Hamburg

Published 5/12/2008 at FOXSports.com News for TENNIS

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied to beat Nicolas Mahut 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the first round of the Hamburg Masters on Monday, his first win after returning from a knee injury. Tsonga, the Australian Open runner-up, missed a month because of the right knee injury and lost in the first round of the Rome Masters last week to Gilles Simon. Tsonga is seeded 14th at the Hamburg event, a major clay-court warmup for the French Open. [link]

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Ljubicic rallies to advance at Hamburg (AP)

Rover found this 5/11/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

Ivan Ljubicic was two points from losing the match when he rallied to beat Steve Darcis 6-7 (6), 7-5, 7-6 (4) in a rare Sunday start for the clay-court Hamburg Masters. In other first-round matches, Ivo Karlovic edged Mischa Zverev 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) and Gilles Simon defeated Xavier Malisse 6-4, 7-5. Two-time Grand Slam tournament winner Marat Safin qualified for the main draw when he beat Evgeny...

Ljubicic rallies to advance in Hamburg
Ivan Ljubicic was two points from losing the match when he rallied to beat Steve Darcis 6-7 (6), 7-5, 7-6 (4) in a rare Sunday start for the clay-court Hamburg Masters. In other first-round matches, Ivo Karlovic edged Mischa Zverev 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) ...