Tsonga Surges Into BA Quarter-finals
Tsonga Surges Into BA Quarter-finals
Tsonga reached his first quarter-final on South American soil
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has made a successful South American debut at the Argentina Open on Wednesday, easing past local Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals. The French World No. 9 in the Emirates ATP Rankings powered through the opening set against the 37th-ranked Argentinian, breaking twice to take it in just 25 minutes.
The 30 year old was similarly dominant in the second set, breaking Mayer for 2-1 before racing to 3-1 with a love hold. He secured the double break for 5-2 and closed it out on his second match point in just shy of an hour. The defeat consigned Mayer to his eighth straight loss against Top 10 opponents, with his lone victory in 25 matches coming against World No. 7 David Ferrer in the 2014 Hamburg final.
Coming off a semi-final run in Auckland and fourth-round showing at the Australian Open, Tsonga is looking to reach his first claycourt final in Buenos Aires this week. He moved to within two victories of doing so and will next meet Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, a player he holds a 6-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against. Almagro earlier produced a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 result to beat Argentine Federico Delbonis.