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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Defeats Gilles Simon to Win Metz Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga earned 250 points by clinching the Metz Open title, which will help him qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is currently ranked 16 in the world.© AFP
Metz, France:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Gilles Simon 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 6-2 in an all-French final at the Moselle Open. (Read more tennis stories here)
The two 30-year-olds faced each other for the second time in a final here on Sunday, reports Efe.
Simon beat Tsonga in the 2013 final, but this time the Le Mans native, a semi-finalist at the French Open earlier this year, got revenge in a match that went two hours and 15 minutes.
Tsonga also won titles in Metz in 2011 and 2012.
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The 250 points he earned for winning the title will help Tsonga to qualify for the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Finals.
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