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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
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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.