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Tsonga Escaped to Quarterfinals

BARCELONA, Kompas.com - Third seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rose from behind to beat Nicolas Almagro and ensure a place at the Barcelona Open quarterfinals on Thursday.

10 world-ranked French origin who beat Spaniard Almagro at the Monte Carlo Masters a few weeks ago, had left behind in the first set before ensuring his victory with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.

With these results Tsonga will meet former world number one junior Thiemo de Bakker for the seizure of the semi-final place after a 21-year-old young tennis player from the Netherlands who beat seventh seed and former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero with a 7-6, 3-6, 7 - 6.

Meanwhile, eighth seed David Ferrer also stepped keperempatfinal after Simone Bolelli retired from the match due to a wrist injury, while a score of 6-0, 3-0.