Tsonga beats Istomin in 4 sets at Australian Open
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Crowd favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overcame a couple of stutters in his first-round match at the Australian Open before beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 on Tuesday.
The sixth-seeded Tsonga dropped the second set and then seemed to have regained control of an entertaining match on Margaret Court Arena.
He had two match points at 5-2 in the fourth set, but Istomin saved both and broke back in the next game.
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Tsonga finally closed out the win on his third match point.
The Frenchman lost the 2008 Australian Open final to Novak Djokovic for his best Grand Slam result.
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