2 qualifiers in both Quito and Sofia semis

The quarter finals have been played and won in Montpellier, Quito and Sofia.

French fans will be overjoyed with the fact that three of the semi finalists in Montpellier are French.

All quarter finals were won in straight sets with the match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3) and Andrey Rublev (6) the closest of the four.

In set one both players won a generous number of points on their first serves - Rublev 76% and Tsonga 72%.

Tsonga was marginally better on return, and converted one of his three break chances, while Rublev, having the same number of opportunities, could not take any.

This was the the difference and Tsonga led 6-4.

In set two, although Tsonga’s first serve percentage dropped to 49%, he still maintained a good rate of points won on both first and second serves.

Rublev couldn’t match points won on second serve and subsequently found himself having to save five break points.

This he did, but a sixth he couldn’t and he was broken.

Tsonga also has his serve broken once, from the two chances offered Rublev, and a tie break eventuated.

No contest here as Tsonga tore away 7-1, booking a semi final spot with a 6-4 7-6(1) victory.

The other quarter finals finished this way:

David Goffin (1) defeated Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-4, not facing a break point throughout, and converting two of eleven chances presented to him.

His semi final opponent will be Richard Gasquet

Richard Gasquet (5) defeated Damir Dzumhur (4) 6-4 6-2

Wildcard Lucas Pouille (2) defeated Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4

Pouille will play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the other semi final

Quito quarter final results:

Qualifier Andrej Martin defeated Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-4

Qualifier Roberto Carballés Baena defeated Nicolas Jarry (8) 3-6 6-2 7-6(5)

He will play Andrej Martin in an all qualifier semi final and so a qualifier will be one of the finalists

Thiago Monteiro defeated Gael Monfils (3) 6-4 2-6 6-4

He will play Albert Ramos-Viñolas in the other semi final 

Albert Ramos-Viñolas (2) defeated Gerald Melzer 6-2 6-4

Sofia quarter final results:

Stan Wawrinka (1) defeated Viktor Troicki (6) 6-1 7-6(3)

He will play qualifier Mirza Basic in the semi finals

Qualifier Mirza Basic defeated Maximilian Marterer 6-4 4-6 6-3

Marius Copil defeated Gilles Muller (3) 6-4 6-4

He will play qualifier Jozef Kovalik in the semi finals

Qualifier Jozef Kovalik defeated Marcos Baghdatis 7-6(2) 6-4