Tsonga sent packing in Kooyong opener

Melbourne: Winners on the weekend in Doha and Chennai, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic lost their opening matches Wednesday at the invitational Kooyong Classic, a warmup for next week's Australian Open.

Tsonga, who won the Qatar Open in an all-French final Saturday against Gael Monfils, lost 6-4, 6-3 to Austria's Jurgen Melzer as cold, blustery conditions made it difficult for players.

Raonic, who didn't drop a service game en route to winning the Chennai title, lost 6-1, 6-2 to Mardy Fish, who had some mixed performances as part of the U.S. team at the Hopman Cup last week.

Australian teenager Bernard Tomic beat No. 7-ranked Tomas Berych 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and Monfils finished off the day with a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) win over Andy Roddick.