Tsonga revives old memories

MADRID.

Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga went back to work erasing his reputation as the forgotten man of 2008 with a Wednesday fightback victory into the third round of the Madrid Masters

The Frenchman, world-ranked 14th, recovered from 3-5 down in the final set to advance past Spaniard Marcel Granollers 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5)

Novak Djokovic escaping against Romanian Victor Hanescu, who retired injured to hand over a 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (10/8), 3-1 victory to the Serb

Ninth seed Juan Del Potro also went through as Finn Jarkko Nieminen quit while trailing 6-2, 4-2 with a thigh injury.