Tsonga stops French qualifier at Moselle Open

METZ, France - Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated French qualifier Mathieu Rodrigues 6-3, 6-4 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Moselle Open. He'll face Nicolas Mahut, who outlasted 2003 champion Arnaud Clement 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in an all-French encounter. Second-seeded Richard Gasquet cruised past Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-2, 6-1. He'll play Gilles Muller of Luxembourg. Sixth-seeded Xavier Malisse of Belgium defeated Igor Kunitsyn of Russia 6-4, 6-2, and will meet third-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine. Dutch qualifier Igor Sijsling defeated seventh-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-4, 7-5. Sijsling had 10 aces and broke Kohlschreiber once in each set.