There are only two french players competing in Marseille: Tsonga and Llodra. Gilles Simon lost against Mikhail Youzhny.
In Open 13 tournament, 2 french players are still in ATP 250 Marseille competition:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who had a hard beginning of match last round against Sergiy Stakhovsky, won in 3 sets, being the first french player qualifying.
Michaël Llodra get also his ticket for next round, beating Tobias Kamke yesterday.
Marin Cilic and Dmitry Tursunov, stronger than Ljubicic and Petzschner, will be playing today.