Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Novak Djokovic in a repeat of their Bangkok final about a month ago.

PARIS (AP) — Andy Roddick overcame Gilles Simon 6-3, 7-5 to seal his spot in the Masters Cup, and defending champion David Nalbandian defeated Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-0 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters.

So unless any of the outside contenders like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Verdasco, Gael Monfils or David Nalbandian win the title, or James Blake reaches …

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and defending champion David Nalbandian reached the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday without dropping a set. Nadal topped Florent Serra of France 6-2, 6-4, and eighth-seeded Nalbandian downed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany…

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga set up another rematch of the 2008 Australian Open final with Novak Djokovic following a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Radek Stepanek. …

After the final from Bangkok where Tsonga has won in a very close match in straight sets against number 3 Novak Djokovic, this will be a great convenience …

… the blistering Melbourne sun at the start of the year enters the third act when Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga meet in the last 16 tomorrow. …

In other second-round play, 13th-seeded Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, of France, overcame Czech Radek Stepanek 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and Cilic took …

Defending champion David Nalbandian beat Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Paris Masters. Kiefer saved two match points before the eighth-seeded Nalbandian served out the match with an ace to move into a third matchup this month against Juan Martin Del Potro. Nalbandian beat Del Potro in the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors last week after losing …

Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and defending champion David Nalbandian reached the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday without dropping a set. Nadal topped Florent Serra of France 6-2, 6-4, and eighth-seeded Nalbandian downed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3. Federer had the most trouble, saving two set points in the tiebreaker to beat Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-6 (7).