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"By the power of Grayskull...I...have...THE POWER!"

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will need to reach into his bag of tricks if he wants to grab one of the final two spots at the prestigious Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.

The Frenchie was forced to retire with a left wrist injury in the third set of his first round match against Mikhail Youzhny in Valencia. The Russian was leading 6-7(3), 6-0, 3-0 when the third seed called it quits.

Jo-Willy, currently ranked No.11, is 380 points behind Fernando Verdasco who's sitting pretty (and very) at the eighth spot in the rankings. Let's hope he gets fit in time for the final regular ATP World Tour stop of the year, the Paris Masters, next week or he can kiss 2009 buh-bye.

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PUT A CAP ON IT: La Monf

Gael Monfils is still in the running for one of the two spots left at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and made a good start to his campaign in Valencia today.

The Frenchie pushed aside homeboy Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-2 in 71 minutes and will face his second consecutive Spaniard in Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the next round.

As we all know La Monf likes to perform some "interesting" acts. So what the HELL is he doing here?

Please 'splain.

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WEEKEND WINNERS II: Ferrer + Granollers-Pujol

I covered the first round Weekend Winners earlier this morning, so here's the second round featuring a dynamic duo by way of Spain.

Valencia - David Ferrer

The speedy Spaniard defeated countryman and defending champ Nicolas Almagro 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(2) to make his move towards a French Open challenge. SI's Jon Wertheim is betting either one of these ballers could challenge Rafa in Paris if the world no. 2 is off his game. The numbers could be catching up with Rafa on clay, but I'd put Nole ahead of these two right now - no offense boys.

Houston - Marcel Granollers-Pujol

Relatively unknown Spaniard takes a tight three-setter from James Blake to win his first career title. Of course, this is deja vu for Blake. What's up with him losing finals to unknown players who are going for their first titles EVER? Those mental demons are so nasty!

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