Raonic and Tsonga reach Lyon semi-finals

Milos Raonic and Tomas Berdych have booked a semi-final showdown in Lyon with both players seeking their first title of 2017.

Top-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada eased into the semi-finals of the Lyon Open with a straight sets victory over Portuguese qualifier Gastao Elias on Thursday.

Elias had defeated Juan Martin del Potro the previous day, but Raonic was never in difficulty as he won 6-4 6-3. He will next play third-seeded Tomas Berdych after the Czech player beat world No. 5 Gilles Simon 6-4 6-0.

French second seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga remained on course for a third ATP World Tour title of the season with a 6-0 6-4 victory over Karen Khachanov of Russia.

Tsonga will face Nikoloz Basilashvili after the Georgian beat Argentine qualifier Nicolas Kicker, who had beat Nick Kyrgios earlier in the tournament, 6-3 6-1.


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