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Tsonga, Youzhny square off in final

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October 12, 2009 | 12:00am

TOKYO – Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France coasted into the final of the Japan Open on Saturday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over compatriot Gael Monfils.

Tsonga will face Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in Sunday’s final at Ariake Colosseum.

Unseeded Youzhny had 10 aces on his way to a 6-2, 5-7, 7-5, over Lleyton Hewitt in Saturday’s other semifinal. (AP)

ARIAKE COLOSSEUM

FINAL

GAEL MONFILS

JAPAN OPEN

JO-WILFRIED TSONGA OF FRANCE

LLEYTON HEWITT

MIKHAIL YOUZHNY

TSONGA

UNSEEDED YOUZHNY

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