diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Tuple.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Tuple.java
index dd698e0..211a9e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Tuple.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Tuple.java
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import redis.clients.util.SafeEncoder;
 
-public class Tuple implements Comparable {
+public class Tuple implements Comparable<Tuple> {
     private byte[] element;
     private Double score;
 
-    @Override
     public int hashCode() {
         final int prime = 31;
         int result = 1;
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ public class Tuple implements Comparable {
         return result;
     }
 
-    @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
         if (this == obj)
             return true;
@@ -47,12 +45,6 @@ public class Tuple implements Comparable {
         else
             return this.score < other.getScore() ? -1 : 1;
     }
-    public int compareTo(Object obj) {
-        if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
-            throw new ClassCastException();
-        return compareTo((Tuple) obj);
-    }
-    
 
     public Tuple(String element, Double score) {
         super();
@@ -85,4 +77,4 @@ public class Tuple implements Comparable {
     public String toString() {
         return '[' + Arrays.toString(element) + ',' + score + ']';
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/SortedSetCommandsTest.java b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/SortedSetCommandsTest.java
index aa1a88e..4135fba 100644
--- a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/SortedSetCommandsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/SortedSetCommandsTest.java
@@ -457,20 +457,23 @@ public class SortedSetCommandsTest extends JedisCommandTestBase {
         jedis.zadd("foo", 4.0d, "d");
         jedis.zadd("foo", 5.0d, "e");
 
-        Set<String> range = jedis.zrevrangeByScore("foo", 3d, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 0, 1);
+        Set<String> range = jedis.zrevrangeByScore("foo", 3d,
+                Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 0, 1);
         Set<String> expected = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
         expected.add("c");
 
         assertEquals(expected, range);
 
-        range = jedis.zrevrangeByScore("foo", 3.5d, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 0, 2);
+        range = jedis.zrevrangeByScore("foo", 3.5d, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY,
+                0, 2);
         expected = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
         expected.add("c");
         expected.add("b");
 
         assertEquals(expected, range);
 
-        range = jedis.zrevrangeByScore("foo", 3.5d, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 1, 1);
+        range = jedis.zrevrangeByScore("foo", 3.5d, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY,
+                1, 1);
         expected = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
         expected.add("b");
 
@@ -594,20 +597,23 @@ public class SortedSetCommandsTest extends JedisCommandTestBase {
         jedis.zadd("foo", 4.0d, "d");
         jedis.zadd("foo", 5.0d, "e");
 
-        Set<Tuple> range = jedis.zrevrangeByScoreWithScores("foo", 3d, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 0, 1);
+        Set<Tuple> range = jedis.zrevrangeByScoreWithScores("foo", 3d,
+                Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 0, 1);
         Set<Tuple> expected = new LinkedHashSet<Tuple>();
         expected.add(new Tuple("c", 3.0d));
 
         assertEquals(expected, range);
 
-        range = jedis.zrevrangeByScoreWithScores("foo", 3.5d, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 0, 2);
+        range = jedis.zrevrangeByScoreWithScores("foo", 3.5d,
+                Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 0, 2);
         expected = new LinkedHashSet<Tuple>();
         expected.add(new Tuple("c", 3.0d));
         expected.add(new Tuple("b", 2.0d));
 
         assertEquals(expected, range);
 
-        range = jedis.zrevrangeByScoreWithScores("foo", 3.5d, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 1, 1);
+        range = jedis.zrevrangeByScoreWithScores("foo", 3.5d,
+                Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 1, 1);
         expected = new LinkedHashSet<Tuple>();
         expected.add(new Tuple("b", 2.0d));
 
@@ -862,4 +868,14 @@ public class SortedSetCommandsTest extends JedisCommandTestBase {
         assertEquals(bexpected, jedis.zrangeWithScores(SafeEncoder
                 .encode("dst"), 0, 100));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void tupleCompare() {
+        Tuple t1 = new Tuple("foo", 1d);
+        Tuple t2 = new Tuple("bar", 2d);
+
+        assertEquals(-1, t1.compareTo(t2));
+        assertEquals(1, t2.compareTo(t1));
+        assertEquals(0, t2.compareTo(t2));
+    }
 }
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