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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga breezes into second round with win over Jan-Lennard Struff

Toby Keel

Updated 24/05/2016 at 19:56 GMT

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets to advance to the second round of the French Open.

France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga returns the ball to Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff during their men's first round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 24, 2016.

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The Frenchman, who is No 6 seed, came through 6-3 6-4 6-4, and will hope to improve on a below par year at his home major.
The 31-year-old, whose best result this year is reaching the semi-finals in Monte Carlo and Auckland, will now face Marcos Baghdatis in round two.
Tsonga won 74 percent of his points on first serve against Struff and 60 percent of his points on second serve.
The world number seven has won nine of his past 13 matches, and will fancy himself to overpower veteran Baghdatis - who beat Gilles Muller in the first round - having reached the third round in his eight previous Grand Slam outings.
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Highlights: Tsonga strolls past Struff

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