Frenchmen Keep London Hopes Alive

Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin kept their London hopes alive on Tuesday with a 2-6, 6-0, 10-6 win against Pablo Cuevas and David Marrero at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin are currently in 12^th place in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London, 875 points behind Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi, who currently hold the eighth and final qualification spot into the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

But Huey/Mirnyi lost in the first round in Paris, giving Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin an opportunity to make up ground at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. The Frenchmen will face fifth seeds Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez in the second round.

View the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London

Frenchmen Lucas Pouille and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga knocked out countrymen Jonathan Eysseric and Tristan Lamasine 7-5, 3-6, 10-7. Martin Klizan and Joao Sousa advanced past Fabrice Martin and Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-7(2), 10-7. Philipp Kohlschreiber and Dominic Thiem needed only 55 minutes to prevail against Paolo Lorenzi and Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 7-5.