Two of last week’s champions met in the second round of the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna, and only one could continue his pursuit of another trophy. After saving a match point in the second-set tie-break, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga continued his indoor excellence by defeating Moscow winner Damir Dzumhur, 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 6-1 to boost his hopes of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals for the third time (2011, 2012). The 2011 Vienna champion extended his ATP World Tour-best record indoors to 18-2 this year, reaching his ninth quarter-final of the season. But perhaps most importantly, he continued a late charge in the Emirates ATP Race To London. The Frenchman is 15th in the Race, but with Stan Wawrinka (No. 7),...
Watch highlights of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Sascha Zverev advancing at the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna on Wednesday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Bildagentur Zolles KG photo.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga gave his Nitto ATP Finals hopes another jolt on Wednesday when he came back from a set down to beat Next Gen ATP Finals qualifier Karen Khachanov 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-3 at the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna. The Frenchman broke Khachanov to go ahead 5-4 in the second set and cruised in the decider, breaking the 20-year-old Russian twice to advance to the second round. Tsonga, 2016 Vienna finalist, is currently in 15th place in the Emirates ATP Race To London with 2,055 points, 595 points behind Pablo Carreno Busta, who currently holds the final qualification spot for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 12-19 November at The O2 in London. [ALSO LIKE] The 32-year-old Tsonga...
