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Tsonga stunned

Estoril: Robin Soderling struggled to a patchy victory on Wednesday at the Estoril Open as Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made a miserable debut at the clay court event.

Top seed Soderling was looking on the bright side after coasting in the first and last sets but fighting for his life in the second to emerge with a 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-1 defeat of France's Jeremy Chardy.

Tsonga, like Soderling playing his first career match at the Estadio Nacionale, was much less successful as he went down quietly to Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 6-2, 7-6(0).

In women's play, top seed Alisa Kleybanova put out Mathlide Johansson of France 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

The results: First round: At Belgrade (Serbia Open): Second round: Feliciano Lopez bt Fernando Gonzalez 6-4, 7-6(4); Blaz Kavcic bt Ricardo Mello 7-5, 6-3; Albert Montanes bt Michael Berrer 3-6, 6-2, 6-2

At Estoril (Estoril Open): Men: Second round: Robin Soderling bt Jeremy Chardy 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-1; Thomaz Bellucci bt Eduard Roger-Vasselin 6-3, 5-7, 7-5; Pablo Cuevas bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 7-6(0); Juan Martin del Potro bt Alejandro Falla 6-2, 6-1.

Women: Second round: Alisa Kleybanova bt Mathlide Johansson 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Jarmila Gajdosova bt Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 6-4; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Greta Arn 6-2, 1-0, retd.; Alla Kudryavtseva bt Romina Oprandi 6-4, 7-6(3); Klara Zakopalova bt Anastasiya Yakimova 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Kristina Barrois bt Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-3.

At Munich (BMW Open): Philipp Petzschner bt Mikhail Youzhny 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-2; Grigor Dimitrov bt Marcos Baghdatis 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-2; Potito Starace bt Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 6-2 . — Agencies

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