Tsonga saunters into semis in Lyon, Raonic joins him

The second seed needed little more than an hour to overwhelm his opponent, dropping only six points on serve.

He will face Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili in the semis after he knocked out Argentine qualifier Nicolas Kicker 6-3 6-1.

Top seeded Canadian Milos Raonic continued his impressive recent claycourt form as he moved into the last four by seeing off qualifier Gastao Elias 6-4 6-3.

Raonic, looking for his first title since January 2016, will face either third seed Tomas Berdych or fifth seed Gilles Simon in Friday's semi-finals.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Pritha Sarkar)