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Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Spain's Fernando Verdasco tightened their grips on the remaining places at the ATP World Tour Finals in London by reaching the third round of the Paris Masters. Sixth seed Davydenko cruised past Germany's Benjamin Becker 6-2, 6-1 at the Bercy arena but seventh seed Verdasco was made to dig deep against Italian Andreas Seppi before eventually prevailing 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-4. French defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga remained in the hunt for a place at the November 22-29 event in the English capital, however, with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Spain's Albert Montanes.
