Melbourne - French sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in four sets to reach the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Former finalist Tsonga downed Istomin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 and will next play Brazilian Ricardo Mello.
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