TORONTO – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is through to the semifinals at the US$3.78-million men’s Rogers Cup with yet another upset victory.
The 13th-seeded Frenchman dispatched No. 8 Andy Murray of Britain 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 in their quarter-final match Friday at Rexall Centre, earning a crucial break to go ahead 4-3 in the decisive third set.
“I know the game I got broken back I played a very bad game,” Murray said. “I had to play around my return position quite a lot, and I started to get into more service games the second and third set, but I thought it was a high level match with a few games by both of us in the second and third sets that were a bit scrappy.
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Murray said it was a much faster-paced match than his tournament opener against Nick Kyrgios. Murray got to the quarter-finals by walkover when Richard Gasquet withdrew.
On Thursday, Tsonga upset top-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia 6-2, 6-2.
“I don’t have a lot of confidence behind me,” Tsonga said. “I try to be consistent in my work, and I’m sure it will give me some rewards.
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“This week is kind of rewards for me, you know, to play like this, to beat two guys in the top 10. It’s good, and I hope it will continue.”
Canada’s Milos Raonic, the sixth seed from Thornhill, Ont., faces Spain’s Feliciano Lopez in quarter-final action Friday night.
Kevin Anderson takes on Grigor Dimitrov while David Ferrer meets Roger Federer in the other quarter-final matches.
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