Tsonga takes upset route past Murray to Rogers semis


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 09 Aug 2014

Aug 8, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) plays a backhand against Andy Murray (GBR) on day five of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at Rexall Centre. Peter Llewellyn-USA TODAY Sports

TORONTO (Reuters) - Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga continued to travel the upset route into the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup, taking out twice former champion Andy Murray 7-6 (5) 4-6 6-4 on Friday, after the eighth seed squandered a 3-0 lead in the final set.

A confident Tsonga heads into Saturday, where he will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, having already taken out the two men, - world number one Novak Djokovic and Murray - who between them had won five of the last seven Canadian hard court titles.

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