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Post by caro on Jan 24, 2008 6:37:47 GMT -5
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga produced an outstanding display to oust second seed Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3 6-2 and reach the final of the Australian Open. The unseeded 22-year-old, who beat Britain's Andy Murray in round one, was coolness personified and some precise volleying created a break in game two. A love game secured the next set and Nadal found no answer as the awesome Tsonga sealed victory in 117 minutes. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer play the second semi-final on Friday. Tsonga, world ranked 38 and competing in only his fifth Grand Slam, admitted that even he had been surprised by his phenomenal performance. "It is just amazing, unbelievable, nothing could stop me today," he said. "I tried to hit everything and everything went in, so what can I say? "My family said it is like a dream for them, everybody in France is happy for me. I will try to do my best for the final." An inspirational Tsonga was in such complete command that Nadal did not not have a break point until the second game of the third set. The Spaniard, who had not previously dropped a set in the tournament had two break point chances in that game, but Tsonga somehow managed to return a fierce groundstoke aimed straight at his body from close range. Nadal spurned another rare chance, while Tsonga was briefly infuriated when an ace had to be replayed having been overruled by an official, only for replays to prove the ball had been inside the line. It did not prove significant as Tsonga then sent down successive aces and quickly held serve. That proved to be Nadal's final hope and after sending a cross-court attempt wide of the line he lost his serve to trail 2-1 and was soon shaking his head in disbelief beneath his towel at the changeover. Tsonga broke again and sealed an epic victory with an ace, a match which saw him produce 49 winners to 13 from the Spaniard. That's crazy stuff going on there ;D
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Post by masterplan200 on Jan 24, 2008 6:55:12 GMT -5
Next Baghaditis?
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Post by Mogly on Jan 24, 2008 16:54:12 GMT -5
tsonga was amazing, one of the best performances I've ever seen and I've seen many tennis matches and brilliant performances. I thought Nadal would beat him easily but I'm glad tsonga proved me wrong
I hope federer beats Djokovic
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Post by caro on Jan 25, 2008 1:07:40 GMT -5
i wasnt able to see the games because i was at work all i've heard from those game was that he was amazing his game against mkhail youzny sounded awesome too we haven't had a great chamption in years, i wish i had seen that the final is going to be interesting
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Post by masterplan200 on Jan 25, 2008 1:45:45 GMT -5
i wasnt able to see the games because i was at work all i've heard from those game was that he was amazing his game against mkhail youzny sounded awesome too we haven't had a great chamption in years, i wish i had seen that the final is going to be interesting Taking a leaf from Chris Cioccione I believe )yeah I can't spell)
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