On Sunday, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga managed to win the Montpellier Open title after he defeated his opponent the Frenchman Pierre Hughes Herbert by 6-4 and 6-2.
This was Jo-Wilfried Tsongas’s first ATP tour in the last 15 months. In the last season, he lost the event in the semifinal and missed seventh months due to an injury. Due to his long absence from Tour, Tsonga was ranked world no. 210 as he was heading into this week’s tournament.
He only needed 73 hits to win the match and lost only 4 points behind his first serve.
Tsonga has now joined Gael Monfils (2010, 2014), Richard Gasquet (2013, 2015, 2016) and Lucas Pouille (2018) for being the French winners of the Montpellier Open.
Somewhere else, Daniil Medvedev also claimed a win for himself at the Sofia Open as he defeated Marton Fucsovics by 6-4 6-3 in the final.
Russian player, Medvedev has at last reached the semi-finals of five of his last 7 event participation. His 2019 season started when he lost a match against Kei Nishikori at the Brisbane Final.
As for the inaugural event of the Cordoba Open, wildcard Juan Ignacio Londero managed to win it which is his maiden ATP Tour title.
The 25 years old defeated his opponent, Guido Pella by 3-6 7-5 6-1.
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