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Bedene battles back to beat Mathieu in Marseille opener

ByPA Sport

Published 21/02/2017 at 15:05 GMT

Aljaz Bedene fought back from a set down to defeat Paul-Henri Mathieu in the opening round of the Open 13 in Marseille.

Aljaz Bedene is through to the second round of the Open 13 in Marseille

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The British number four, who is ranked one place below Mathieu at 102 in the world, turned things around at the start of the second set and served 20 aces in a 3-6 6-1 6-4 victory.
He will face another Frenchman, fourth seed Lucas Pouille, in round two.
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