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Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage from the final match of the quarters at the Madrid Masters. This is seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga against 15th seed Stanislas Wawrinka and will decide who faces Tomas Berdych in tomorrow's semi-finals.

S. Wawrinka vs J. Tsonga | Madrid
Men's Singles | Quarter-final | 10.05.2013 | Madrid
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S. Wawrinka (15)

J. Tsonga (7)
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Pippa Davis

Updated 10/05/2013 at 23:44 GMT


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Wawrinka completes the semi-final line-up, joining Rafael Nadal, Pablo Andujar and Tomas Berdych in the mix for a place in the championship match.
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) 4-6 - GAME, SET & MATCH! Another Wawrinka forehand goes astray at an important time - to allow Tsonga to level at 30-30. But he recovers to earn himself another match point and this time finally, he does book his place in the semi-finals with a forehand winner.
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) 4-5 - Tsonga holds for the loss of just the one point to put all the pressure back on Wawrinka. The Swiss 15th seed will serve for the match after the change of ends.
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) 3-5 - Tsonga produces a cross court forehand winner to level up at 30-30 before Wawrinka goes on to hold with a forehand winner of his own. The Frenchman will have to serve to stay in this match next
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) 3-4 - Wawrinka levels at deuce on the Tsonga serve but cannot quite fashion himself another break point as the Frenchman holds with a big serve out wide that the Swiss player can only return into the net.
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) 2-4 - Wawrinka races through a service hold to consolidate the break. Has he finally done enough to secure this match? He is potentially just two games away from the win once again.
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) 2-3 - BREAK! Wawrinka goes ahead again, Tsonga gifting his opponent two break points before going long with a forehand
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) 2-2 - A very confident hold from Tsonga, the forehand doing the damage before Wawrinka also holds without any trouble, a forehand sailing long from the Frenchman.
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) 1-1 - Wawrinka holds for confidence booster to get his side of the scoreboard ticking over again. That was an important hold for the Swiss player after the disappointment of those squandered match points.
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) 1-0 - Tsonga eases through a service hold to open this final set, finding ace number three for the evening to seal it.
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TSONGA 2-6 7-6(9) - SET! This match will go to the decider, just like every other match so far between these two, as Tsonga seals the second set to level up!
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TSONGA 2-6 6-6 (10-9) - TIE-BREAK! Tsonga saves the match point with an astounishing lunging backhand passing shot volley winner that the Frenchman somehow guides down the line despite having his back to the net. And he will get another chance to level this match when a Wawrinka forehand goes astray.
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TSONGA 2-6 6-6 (8-9) - TIE-BREAK! A forehand return from Tsonga sails long to squander his set point and Wawrinka will have another chance to close out this match after a forehand winner.
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TSONGA 2-6 6-6 (7-8) - TIE-BREAK! Tsonga saves the second match point, magnificently, with some gutsy play before a loose forehand from Wawrinka hands the Frenchman a set point.
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TSONGA 2-6 6-6 (7-6) - TIE-BREAK! Wawrinka fails to take advantage of his match point, netting a forehand approach shot. But he will have a second chance after Tsonga's return floats wide.
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TSONGA 2-6 6-6 (5-6) - TIE-BREAK! The Frenchman further extends his lead leaving himself potentially just two games away from levelling this match. But he cannot maintain it and Wawrinka finds a match point with a backhand passing shot down the line after a poor approach shot from Tsonga
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TSONGA 2-6 6-6 (4-2) - TIE-BREAK! Tsonga sneaks out to a mini-break lead before the change of ends with consecutive backhand winners.
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TSONGA 2-6 6-6 - Tsonga holds to 15 with a forehand winner. This set, and possibly the match, will be decided by the tie-break.
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TSONGA 2-6 5-6 - Tsonga fails to find the line with his forehand done the line and Wawrinka holds a tight game from deuce. The Frenchman will have to serve to stay in the set for a second time - Wawrinka happy in the knowledge that at the very least he has forced the breaker.
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TSONGA 2-6 5-5 - Tsonga puts a forehand into the net despite having the better of Wawrinka in the point. The Frenchman rights the mistake on the very next point, however, holding with a forehand and levelling up once again.