Day Five of the Brisbane International, and the remaining quarter finals were played.
BRISBANE
WTA Quarter finals
Donna Vekic defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 6-0
Karolina Pliskova (5) defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1 1-6 6-1, and will play Donna Vekic in the semis
ATP Quarter finals
Daniil Medvedev (4) defeated Milos Raonic (5) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4
2008 Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played Australian number one Alex de Minaur (7) to determine the semi final opponent for Daniil Medvedev.
Tsonga’s big serving enabled him to consolidate an early break of the Australian serve to lead 2-0 in the first set, and de Minaur had to survive two excursions to deuce before registering on the scoreboard.
A sensational point in the fourth game concluded with a terrific lob winner from de Minaur, and a netted Tsonga backhand made it 30-30.
A top return forced a French error and the first break chance for de Minaur, which was converted. 2-2.
Tsonga hit his fifth forehand winner but de Minaur hit one of his own and held on for a third successive game and a 3-2 advantage.
Tsonga levelled after saving a break point.
Both players held well for 4-4.
de Minaur fell into error twice and was under pressure at 0-30. A wild forehand then presented Tsonga with two break points, both saved with strong tennis. A withering down the line backhand from Tsonga, followed by an equally brilliant forehand winner, gave the Frenchman the key break, and he served for the set at 5-4.
Heavy ground strokes, which were the common denominator for Tsonga all set, helped him to a love game and the opening 6-4 lead.
In set two, Tsonga served 10 aces to none, and won 83% of points on first serve, compared with 69%.
However, despite this neither he nor de Minaur had a serve broken. The closest to a break was when Tsonga was down 0-40 in the sixth game. His resilience and skill was required and displayed.
A tie break ultimately arrived.
A winning overhead gave de Minaur the first point against serve and a 2-1 lead. Then Tsonga won three points in succession to achieve 4-2.
After the change of ends, de Minaur chased everything but Tsonga had control at the net and went ahead 5-2,
Power French hitting produced a de Minaur error and four match points.
A forehand winner on the first match point and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was victorious 6-4 7-6(2)
Daniil Medvedev will have a tough battle if Tsonga can reproduce the standard of tennis he delivered this night.
Hopman Cup
Germany d Australia 2-1
Angie Kerber (GER) d Ash Barty (AUS) 6-4 6-4
Sascha Zverev (GER) d Matthew Ebden (AUS) 6-4 6-3
Ash Barty / Matthew Ebden (AUS) d
Angie Kerber / Sascha Zverev (GER) 4-0 4-3(1)
The final will be between Switzerland and Germany as each topped the respective groups.
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