Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Defeats Roger Federer In French Open Tennis Tournament

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SIMON MISSES OUT

Roger Federer has defeated Giles Simon of France in the fourth round of the French Open. Federer won the match in five sets by 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

By the virtue of this win, Federer made his way into the quarter finals of the event.

This was the fifth match between these two players and Federer defeated Simon for the third time.

In the opening set of the match, Federer came all guns blazing. In the first game, Simon held his serve, but, after that, it was all about the Swiss superstar. He won the next 6 games consecutively with the help of breakthroughs in the 3^rd, 5^th and 7^th game and sealed the set.

In the second set, Simon put up a much better performance. The first 6 games went with the serve and the scores were levelled at 3-3 when the 6^th game got finished.

Simon got a breakthrough in the 7^th game to take a lead of 4-3. After that, the Frenchman just won his next two service games and won the set by 6-4.

Simon continued to be impressive in the third set as well. There were no breakthroughs in the first 3 games of the set and Federer had a lead of 2-1 at the end of the 3^rd game.

Simon went ballistic after that. He broke Federer’s serve in the 5^th and the 7^th game and bagged the next 5 games on the trot to clinch the set.

Now, after getting down by two sets, there was huge pressure on Federer, but, he didn’t break down under pressure. He raised his game and outplayed Simon in the next two sets.

In the fourth set, the Swiss superstar held his entire serve and broke Simon’s serve twice to seal it by 6-2.

In the decider, Federer was off to a lead of 3-0 with the help of a serve break in the 2^nd game. He didn’t let Simon come back after that. He won his remaining service games quite easily and grabbed the set by 6-3 to move into the final 8 where he will face another local player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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GASQUET LOSES OUT

Richard Gasquet has been defeated by Fabio Fognini of Italy in the quarter final round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Fognini won the match in the straight sets by 7-6(0), 6-2.

This was the first time that Fognini defeated Gasquet. These two players had met a couple of times before this match and in both those matches, Gasquet was the winner. But, the Frenchman couldn’t continue his winning streak again Fognini yesterday.

In the post match interview, Gasquet said, “The credit must go to Fabio. He was fabulous and he kept pressure on me right through.”

“It obviously doesn’t feel good. I wanted to go all the way, but, unfortunately, today was not my day.”

In the opening set, Fognini broke Gasquet’s serve in the very first game of the match, but, he was broken back immediately and the scores got levelled at 1-1.

Fognini got another breakthrough in the third game and this time, he consolidated that with a serve hold in the 4^th game.

However, the Italian player again lost the advantage as he dropped his serve for the second time in the set in the 6^th game and Gasquet succeeded in equalizing the scores again.

The next 6 games went with the serve which made sure that the set would be decided in the tie breaker.

In the tie breaker, Gasquet committed a whole lot of mistakes and allowed his Italian opponent to take the set beyond him. The Frenchman didn’t manage to win even one point in the tie breaker.

In the second set, both the players held their serve in the first 5 games and Gasquet was trailed by 2-3 when the 5^th game finished.

Fognini didn’t let Gasquet win any more games in the second set after that. With a couple of successive breakthroughs, he won the last 3 games on the trot and moved into the semis.

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