Good stuff for the Argentinian. He reaches the second straight final and he seems to be the favorite to win the tournament in Marseille.
It took 2h and 48m for Delpo to overcome Tsonga. The Argentinian had to cope with 26 aces from his opponent and he was pretty good at saving 6 break points out of 7.
There were 2 key points during the match. The first was Tsonga saving a match point in the tie break. The second was a mistake from the Frenchman at the net that gave to Del Potro the decisive break in the decider.
‘It was close. I was lucky that he missed a volley that gave me the break in the third set,’ Del Potro said.’Perhaps the key was my behaviour. I stayed calm throughout. You have to stay calm, fight and be fit. It’s the only way to win.’
‘I think I played as well as Juan Martin today but I could have done some little things better,’ said Tsonga. ‘But he played a great match, he was consistent and he really deserves his victory.’
Tsonga is still happy since he will grab the 5th place in the ATP ranking this coming Monday.
Del Potro will play LLodra in the final. The Frenchman defeated Tipsarevic 6-4 7-6 (10).
In the past they played only twice and both time the winner was Del Potro (last time it was last week in the first round in Rotterdam)
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