Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overcomes Milos Raonic challenge

Tsonga overcomes Raonic challenge

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has come from a set down to beat Milos Raonic in the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Raonic took the first set 6-4 before Tsonga got himself level by edging out the the Canadian 13th seed 7-5 in the second.

The Frenchman, who is seeded eighth, then broke late in the third to claim a 6-4 triumph.

Tsonga will meet world number one Novak Djokovic or American Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals of the tournament.

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