What a match! Tomic has improved so much, but unfortunately that is not enough to defeat Tsonga. The Frenchman opposed an incredible resistance to fire 19 aces on 16 service games and win 87% of his first service (74% in).
On the other side Tomic was very effective at defending 8 break points out of 9.
Tsonga will play the semifinal agaisnt Gilles Simon that upset seed no.2 Del Potro 6-4 6-3 in 81 minutes. Head to head is 4-3 for Tsonga (4-0 on hard courts).
In the other semifinal Berdych will face Russian qualifier and world no. 119 Dmitry Tursunov. The Czech defeates Jerzy Janowicz 6-3 6-7 (0) 6-3. Head to head is 5-1 for Berdych.