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MARSEILLE, France -- Top-seeded Richard Gasquet and defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga both reached the Open 13 quarterfinals with straight-sets wins on Wednesday. Minnesota Timberwolves Black Friday Jersey . After the second-seeded Tsonga beat Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8), his French countryman Gasquet followed up with a 6-3, 6-3 win against Slovenias Blaz Kavcic. Gasquet did not face a single break-point and took his opponents serve three times. Earlier, the second-seeded Tsonga, who had 19 aces, improved to 4-2 in career head-to-heads against the Russian who reached a career-high ranking of third. Davydenko saved one match point with a forehand pass down the line, but Tsonga clinched victory with the next when Davydenkos forehand hit the net. "Its never easy against him, hes a great player whos won a lot of titles," the 28-year-old Tsonga said. "Im trying to get my bearings again, which is why I was so happy to win." Tsonga next plays either sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France or Ukraines Sergiy Stakhovsky, while Gasquets quarterfinal opponent is either fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia or Germanys Tobias Kamke. "I didnt play well last time (in Rotterdam). But you shouldnt forget that, and use the experience," said Tsonga, referring to his straight-sets loss to Croat Marin Cilic in the second round of the ABN Amro tournament. "I absolutely must raise my level." In the remaining first-round matches on Wednesday, there were wins for seventh-seeded Julien Benneteau of France, No. 8 Nicolas Mahut of France, Spains Roberto Bautista Agut, Germanys Jan-Lennard Struff, Frenchman Michael Llodra and Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania. Benneteau of France won 6-1, 6-4 against Jesse Huta Galung; Mahut beat Kenny De Schepper 7-6 (2), 6-3; Struff beat David Guez 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Bautista Agut won 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 against Dustin Brown; Llodra downed Lukas Lacko 6-3, 7-6 (2), and Berankis led 6-5 when Jan Hajek retired. Orlando Magic Black Friday Jersey . Agent Mike McCartney confirmed via Twitter on Sunday that Mendenhall had decided to end his playing career after six NFL seasons, all but one of them with the Pittsburgh Steelers.Atlanta Hawks Black Friday Jersey . Johnson spent the last five seasons with Pittsburgh after being taken in the seventh round of the 2009 draft. He played in 52 games with 26 starts, totalling 22 catches for 216 yards and a touchdown.The Winnipeg Jets host the New York Islanders in their lone appearance? of the season tonight at MTS Centre in a 7pm ct face off. The (30-26-6) Jets trail Dallas by two points for a Western Conference Wild Card playoff spot.? The Stars, with 68 points following a 3-2 win over Buffalo last night, have one game in hand on Winnipeg. Ondrej Pavelec will start his third straight game in goal.? In his last two starts, Pavelec is 2-0, with a 1.44 goals against average and .961 save percentage. Head Coach Paul Maurice confirmed yesterday forward James Wright is out indefinitely with a ankle injury.? Matt Halischuk is expected to replace him.? Halischuk has missed the last 28 games due to injury. Jets Projected Lines: Ladd-Little-Frolik Setoguchi-Scheifelee-Wheeler Kane-Jokinen-Byfuglien Halischuk-Slater-Thorburn Bogosian-Enstrom Stuart-Trouba Pardy-Ellerby In the only other game played between these teams this season, Devin Setoguchi scored the game winning goal as the Jets were 3-2 winners over the Islanders in New York November 27. Brooklyn Nets Cyber Monday Jersey. The Islanders have lost their last two games and four of their last five entering tonight. Anders Nilsson will start in goal. Head Coach Jack Capuano would not confirm his line up for tonight saying “he had not talked to his General Manager”. Islanders Projected Lines: Vanek-Strome-Okposo Grabner-Nielsen-Bailey Lee-Nelson-Clutterbuck Martin-Cizikas-McDonald de Haan-Hamonic Strait-MacDonald Hickey-Visnovsky ' ' ' |
