Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recovered from a first set white-wash to beat French compatriot Nicolas Mahut in the first round of the Hamburg Masters Series at Hamburg.
Dinara Safina hailed her win here as the biggest of her career as she battled back from a set down to beat Elena Dementieva in an all-Russian final at the German Open.
Local favourites would bank on home advantage to notch up some valuable ranking points on offer in the USD 50,000 tennis tournament starting from tomorrow.