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Viktor Troicki of Serbia upset defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 Saturday to reach the Thailand Open final.
The fourth-seeded Troicki will face Gilles Simon of France, who beat Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the other semifinal.
Tsonga, ranked No. 7 and seeded No. 1, unraveled after easily winning the first set. He dropped serve twice in each of the following two sets.
"It's great to beat a top-10 (player). I played great," said the 32nd-ranked Troicki.
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