Latest French still in contention for the tournament in Barcelona Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was beaten by Thiemo de Bakker in the quarterfinals (6-4, 3-6, 6-3) Friday. The Dutch meet Robin Söderling, Eduardo Schwank winner in the semi-finals. The other half oppose Ferrer Verdasco.
ATP BARCELONA - 1 / 4 FINALS:
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats (FRA/N.3) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Next opponent: Robin Soderling
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, seeded No. 3, was eliminated from the ATP tournament in Barcelona, beating Friday in the quarterfinals by Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 after two hours of battle. Tsonga, still seeking a first crown on clay, lost the first set and then turned the tide in the second. But he failed to maintain that advantage, losing his service twice in the third and bowing on the second match point of his opponent.
With this victory, Thiemo de Bakker, former world No.1 junior and current 67th-ranked, offers 21 years his first success against a Top 10 player. Saturday semi-final he will face Swede Robin Soderling, who has quietly got rid of Argentine Eduardo Schwank 6-2, 6-3. "So far all goes well this week. It was difficult today, the conditions were changing. It was quite cold and the balls were heavy, but overall I had a good game. I served well, I managed to save a lot of easy points on my first service"Said Soderling.
Despite the package of Rafael Nadal's semifinal will be 100% Spanish and will be taken to David Ferrer, runners-up against Nadal in the last two years and winner in the quarterfinals of the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-0, and Fernando VerdascoFinalist also unfortunate against Nadal last week in Monaco, who beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 7-6 (7 / 4).
David Ferrer (ESP/N.8) beat Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 6-4, 6-0
Fernando Verdasco (ESP/N.5) beat Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-2, 7-6 (7 / 4)
Robin Soderling (SWE/N.2) beat Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 6-2, 6-3
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