Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saved a match point en route to his title victory at the Open 13 tournament in Marseille, France on Sunday. The third seed defeated top seed Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 to clinch his 10th ATP World Tour title.
“This is a great victory,” said Tsonga. “I stayed in the match even when it was very difficult and waited for my chance. I survived and took my chance when it came. I’m very happy. This shows me that I’m on the right way. The draw was very strong here.
“He played better than me during the first half of the match, but then I played better than him. He served very well and I was maybe too close to the baseline in the beginning.”
The victory also snapped Tsonga’s three-match losing streak against Berdych.
