TOKYO, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- No. 2-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated French countryman Gael Monfils in a first-round match Monday at the Rakuten Japan Open tennis tournament.
Tsonga improved to 4-1 lifetime versus Monfils, who has managed to win just two sets in the series, with a 6-3, 7-6 (10-8) win in Tokyo. Tsonga didn't allow Monfils a break opportunity.