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1st June 2009
Tsonga has made it into the 3rd round of the french open taking out
Juan Monaco 7-5, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6,
french team mate Monfils also made it to the 3rd round, Tsonga said it
was a great match and he
felt the comeptitor played well.
Hopefully tsonga takes out the french open.
Latest news -
April 2nd 2009
JW Tsong has made it to the quarter finals of the Miami masters, yet unfortunately has lost out to Serbian player Novak Djokovic in straight sets, other games that were played were Andy Rodik and Federar, Federar continued his domination winning once again.
January 2009
Australian Open Quaterfinals: Fernando
Verdasco def Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Fernando Verdasco (14) 7 3 6 6
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) 6 6 3 2
23rd January 2009
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
defeats Ivan Ljubicic
in a epic battel.
6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (9-7), 6-2.
Tsonga now has reached the 3rd round of the Australian open will he match last years performance and make the final, or do one better and win the final.
Latest news -
7th January 2009
Tsonga starts road to
Australian Open in Brisbane
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga distances himself from speculation that he has the
measure of Brisbane International top seed Novak Djokovic.
7th January 2009 -
Tsonga starts road to Australian Open in
Brisbane
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga distances himself from speculation that he has the
measure of Brisbane International top seed Novak Djokovic.
1st September 2008
US OPEN UPDATE -
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Spanish tour veteran Carlos Moya, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4,
6-4
Video of the win can be seen here -
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs Carlos Moya (US OPEN 2008) : nice shot
In January 2007 he received a wild card into the 2007 Australian Open,
where in only his second senior Grand Slam match he met up with sixth
seed Andy Roddick. Tsonga's singles rank at the time was #212 and – in
the longest tiebreaker in Australian Open history – he defeated
Roddick in the first set (20-18). Tsonga forced a tiebreaker in the
second, losing it and taking only two points, and went on to lose the
match 6-7 (18), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3. At the time, he was just 21 years
old.
In 2007, he won four Challenger titles in Tallahassee, Mexico City,
Lanzarote, and Surbiton. Tsonga qualified for the 2007 Queen's Club
Championships while at the same time playing in the Surbiton
Challenger, which he won. Between the two events, he scored victories
in five matches during the course of two days. In the second round of
the Queen's main draw he met the sixth seed and defending champion,
former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, ranked #16 in the ATP
rankings. Tsonga won the match after two tiebreakers, 7-6 (5), 7-6
(2), to seal his most prominent victory since his triumph over Carlos
Moya, then ranked #6 in the world, at Beijing in 2004. However,
suffering from fatigue, Tsonga went on to lose to promising Croatian
youngster Marin Čilić in the following round.
At Wimbledon 2007, where he was again awarded a wild card, he reached
the fourth round (his first time past round one of a Slam), defeating
Julien Benneteau, Nicolas Lapentti, and Feliciano López. His run was
halted by his countryman and friend, 12th seed (14th-ranked) Richard
Gasquet, in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. He did not beat a seed in
coming to the fourth round (Andy Murray, the potential seed he would
have faced, had dropped out). The win brought his ranking up from #110
to #74, his first time inside the top 75.
Then at the 2007 U.S. Open, Tsonga defeated Óscar Hernández 7-5, 6-1,
6-3 in the first round before beating Tim Henman 7-6 (2), 2-6, 7-5,
6-4, which resulted in Henman's last Grand Slam match. He then lost to
an injured number two Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-1.
The 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon tournament started strong for
Tsonga. He did not drop a set, beating Vincent Spadea and avenging
fourth seed Richard Gasquet (who beat him at Wimbledon) 6-4, 6-4, then
defeating Olivier Rochus. He then, however, lost 6-1, 6-2 to
compatriot Sébastien Grosjean. He combined with Grosjean, however, in
men's doubles, where the team was honored a wildcard. In the first
round, the team beat Julien Benneteau and Michaël Llodra, both
compatriots and top seeds, 2-6, 6-4 before a retirement. The team
defeated compatriots Fabrice Santoro and Gilles Simon in the
quarterfinals and third seeds and also compatriots Arnaud Clément and
Nicolas Mahut in the semifinals. Tsonga won his first doubles title
and Grosjean won his first doubles title in three years by defeating
Łukasz Kubot and Lovro Zovko in the final 6-4, 6-3.
2008
Starting his 2008 season, Tsonga survived a thriller singles match at
the 2008 Next Generation Adelaide International. He defeated Victor
Hanescu 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. He scored comfortable, straight sets victories
over his next two opponents, defeating Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 6-2, and
Lleyton Hewitt (the top seed) 6-4, 6-2. However, he fell in the
semi-finals to Jarkko Nieminen, the third seed, 6-2, 6-4. In doubles,
Tsonga and Sébastien Grosjean lost to Florian Mayer and Chris Haggard,
2-6, 7-6 (6), [10-6], in the first round.
Tsonga played in the Sydney Medibank International with Richard
Gasquet in the doubles final, scoring a major upset over world number
one duo Bob and Mike Bryan (4-6, 6-4, 11-9). The French combination
came back from two match points down to win the championship and
denying the Bryan brothers ever winning the tournament.
Tsonga started his 2008 Australian Open campaign with a tough draw
against 9th seed Andy Murray. Tsonga defeated the Scot in four sets,
which set up a clash with American qualifier Sam Warburg in the second
round. After easily defeating Warburg, Tsonga advanced to the third
round, where he was victorious over Spaniard Guillermo García López.
In the fourth round, Tsonga defeated compatriot Richard Gasquet 6-2,
6-7(5), 7-6(6), 6-3. In the quarterfinals, Tsonga upset Mikhail
Youzhny 7-5, 6-0, 7-6. Reaching the semifinals, Tsonga delivered a
historically strong performance to defeat the number two seed Rafael
Nadal in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, without dropping a service
game, earning him a spot in his first career Grand Slam final.
