Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wins against Mikael Ymer 7-5 7-66 in the semifinal in Cassis Challenger on Saturday. Tsonga will engage against Dudi Sela in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Jo-Wilfried conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).
2nd set.
Ymer came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Tsonga in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the French Player refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Ymer in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Tsonga scored 82 points vs. the Swede’s 68 points.
The French Player served very well to win 83% of the points (39/47) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (16/27) on his second serve. The French Player struck 16 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The French Player didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50%
of the break points that he procured (2/4). On the other side, Mikael wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.After this contest, the head to head between Tsonga and Ymer is 1-0.
Next Match: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Dudi Sela – stats
Tsonga will play Sela in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Dudi Sela clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Tsonga (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsonga won 6-4 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Roland Garros back in 2015.
Tennis Scores in Cassis Challenger
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Mikael YmerYmer (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Dudi SelaSela – Lukas RosolRosol (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Dudi SelaSela (3-0) – See H2H details