Results from the ATP Japan Open in Tokyo on Monday (x denotes seeding):
First round
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x2) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-3, 7-6, (10-8)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP x6) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Daniel Brands (GER) 6-3, 6-1
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