Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rained down ten aces, finishing off Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-4 in 72 minutes on Saturday to power into a second Rotterdam World Tennis final on Saturday. The French sixth seed will compete for his first title at the Ahoy stadium after finishing runner-up six years ago. He faces the winner from Belgian third seed Dàvid Goffin and surprise semi-finalist Pierre-Hughes Herbert, a French qualifier and member of the top ATP doubles side.
Tsonga was unstoppable against Berdych, the 2014 champion and 2015 finalist playing his third semi-final at the Dutch event. Tsonga came good in his second semi-final of the season as he bids for a first trophy since winning at home in Metz, in 2015. Berdych came to the court with an 8-3 lead in the series, including wins in their last two meetings, one a Doha quarter-final last month.
Tsonga finished with two breaks of the 13th-ranked Czech while never facing a break point in what quickly became one-way traffic."My only goal is to win the next match, this would be important for me," Tsonga said.
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