London June 19 (IANS) French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated compatriot Adrian Mannarino in his first match of the Queen s Club Championships here on Monday.
Tsonga 32 a finalist at Queen s Club in 2011 and seeded fifth in this edition needed just an hour and six minutes to eliminate Mannarino 6-2 6-2 reports Efe.
In the round of 16 Tsonga will face the winner of the duel between Gilles Muller from Luxembourg and Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia.
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Tsonga tames Mannarino in Queen s Club Round 1
