31 Oct 2011

Tsonga beats Del Potro to claim Vienna title

8:23 am on 31 October 2011

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bounced back from a set behind and a service break down to beat Juan Martin del Potro for the first time and win the Vienna Tennis Open.

The Frenchman's 6-7 6-3 6-4 win also kept him on course for a place in the season-ending World Tour finals in London next month, moving him to seventh place in the 2011 rankings ahead of Mardy Fish.

Top-seeded Tsonga crashed 25 aces on his way to a first win in four meetings over the former U.S. Open champion, who has been fighting his way back to form after being plagued by a wrist injury last year.

The win was the 26-year-old's second ATP title of the year following his victory in Metz.