Tsonga gains lead for France against Sweden

The top ten player, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, took the 1-0 lead for France against Sweden. However, it took the player ranked No. 9 in the world a greater effort than expected to win his debut match at the ARAG WORLD TEAM CUP. For, the 28-year old Swedish player, Andreas Vinciguerra, who tried his comeback after a long period of injuries, resisted before Tsonga could make the decisive break in the ninth game of the third set and won the match 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Dusseldorf (pps)