Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s fine comeback run continues as he downs Alex De Minaur

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saw off the challenge of Alex De Minaur at the Brisbane International to reach his first ATP Tour semi-final in nearly a year.
The Frenchman missed the majority of the 2018 season after sustaining a serious knee injury in February last year.
After making a cautious return at the backend of last year, the 33-year-old is upping his game in Brisbane this week ahead of the Australian Open.
Having claimed straight-sets wins in his opening two matches, Tsonga did the same in the quarter-final as he beat up-and-coming Australian De Minaur 6-4, 7-6 (6-2).
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is BACK. Here’s his thoughts post-win over Alex De Minaur#BrisbaneTennis pic.twitter.com/9hTq4lihZE
— #BrisbaneTennis (@BrisbaneTennis) January 4, 2019
He will battle it out with Daniil Medvedev for a place in the final after the Russian came through a tough test against Milos Raonic.
Canadian Raonic won the opening set tie-breaker before fourth seed Medvedev, who took out Andy Murray earlier in the week, hit back to win 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-4 victory.
Arms up! 🙌🏼
No.4 seed Medvedev is just a sliver better than No.5 Raonic, a 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 winner, putting him into the #BrisbaneTennis SFs
He’ll face the Tsonga-De Minaur winner pic.twitter.com/sGBCRQvErD
— #BrisbaneTennis (@BrisbaneTennis) January 4, 2019
Jeremy Chardy, defending champion Nick Kyrgios’ conqueror, will face second-seeded Kei Nishikori for the other place in the final.
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