Tsonga served 14 aces to reach the 26th final of his career – and his first on the red dirt, where he will face either Czech Tomas Berdych or top seed Milos Raonic of Canada.
Tsonga had gotten off to a poor start in the claycourt season, withdrawing from his second-round match at the Madrid Masters before skipping the Rome Masters with a shoulder injury.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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