Lyon (AFP)
France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who suffered a stroke of fatigue during his match, qualified Wednesday for the quarter-finals of the ATP tennis tournament in Lyon after winning in three sets over Canadian Steven Diez, 3-6. , 7-6 (7/2), 6-3.
He will face Thursday the winner of the match between the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, 18th world player, seeded N.1 and the French Tristan Lamasine which is played Wednesday night.
Wednesday, Tsonga, the 85th player in the world, struggled to dominate an opponent from qualifying, N.262 at ATP, having already struggled against the Serbian Dusan Lajovic, recent finalist in Monte Carlo, seeded N. 5 (7-6, 6-4).
"I got ripped off, I had a small hypoglycemia at the beginning, we went off pretty hard, I do not know what happened, the doctor came and gave me "I was not good, I saw trouble and I managed to get back on the slope," said the Manceau in a press conference.
"It was a little better when I was there, I started to play better, I was more aggressive, I was stronger and I did not play too badly and I'm happy to play a long match in which, physically, I was not that bad compared to an opponent like this one, catchy, "he added.
Earlier in the day, Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who was facing American Taylor Fritz for the second round, retired from the tournament due to back pain.
Fritz will play in the next round against Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut, seeded N.2, winner of the young Frenchman Corentin Moutet, the recipient of an invitation, in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
On the other hand, Benoit Paire joined the quarter-finals by defeating Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas (6-4, 6-3).
He will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov, seeded N.3, winner of the French Ugo Humbert in three sets 2-6, 7-6, 6-2.
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