Tsonga bags 12th career title with Moselle Oepn win

METZ, France: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Gilles Simon 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-2 in an all-French final at the Moselle Open to claim his 12th ATP title on Sunday.
The third-seeded Tsonga eventually had too much power for his second-seeded opponent in a rematch of the 2013 final won by Simon.
“I am very happy, it was a big first set,” said Tsonga.
“It’s always tricky to play against Gilles, the ball always comes back.”
Simon added: “He was more solid than me on the important points, especially in the first set.”
Tsonga misfired some 20 forehands in the opening set but he still won the tiebreak 7-5 after saving six break points.
Simon, however, regained control and bagged the first five games of the second set, levelling to one set all when Tsonga netted a forehand.
The former Australian Open runner-up found his range in the decider, breaking for a 3-1 lead before ending the contest when Simon’s forehand bounced out following a net cord.

Raonic beats Sousa for title at St. Petersburg Open
Canada’s Milos Raonic won the St. Petersburg Open on Sunday with a grueling three-set victory over Joao Sousa in the final.
The big-serving Raonic, seeded second, hit 22 aces as he held off stern pressure from Sousa to wrap up a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win.
The Canadian dominated the first set, but lost a thrilling second in which Sousa saved seven break points in his first two service games before becoming the first player to break Raonic’s serve at the St. Petersburg tournament.
Raonic went a break up on seventh-seeded Sousa’s first service game in the decider and saved six break points on his own serve as he held on for the win.
Raonic’s first title since the Washington Open in August 2014 strengthens his slim hopes of reaching the ATP Finals. He is now No. 9-ranked but is well behind the top eight in the year-to-date ranking used to determine tour finals qualification.
Raonic is now 7-8 in tour finals, while Sousa drops to 1-5, without a win since his first final at the 2013 Malaysian Open.
Earlier Sunday, Treat Huey of the Philippines and Henri Kontinen of Finland won the St. Petersburg doubles title, beating the Austrian duo of Julian Knowle and Alexander Peya 7-5, 6-3.