Jo-Wilfried Tsonga answers your questions in Indian Wells!

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TSONGA LOSES TO CHARDY

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has been defeated by his fellow countryman, Jeremy Chardy, in the second round of the Rogers cup. Tsonga is ranked sixth in the official rankings of WTA and he was given third seed in this competition. But, he has been stunned by a player who is much lower in rankings than him.

Chardy defeated Tsonga in the straight sets by 6-4, 7-6(4). Tsonga has been in good nick in the last few months and he played well in the Olympics as well. He won the silver medal in the men’s doubles competition by playing with Michael Llodra. He was considered as one of the top favourites to win the Rogers Cup, but, he wasn’t even able to go to the third round and was flattened by Chardy. Read more »

Gasquet beats Almagro

The French tennis player, Richard Gasquet, has defeated Nicolas Almagro in the third round of the Wimbledon Championship 2012. Richard won the match comfortably in the straight sets 6-3 6-4 6-4. Richard was given the 18th seed in the tournament while Almagro was given 12th seed. So, a win against a better seeded player would definitely boost the confidence of Richard Gasquet. On being asked about the match, Richard said that he got some umpiring decisions in his favour which helped him to win the first set. He said that those umpiring decisions disturbed Almagro a lot.

As per Richard, Almagro seemed to be going well in the first set, but his rhythm got broken after those umpiring decisions. Richard said that sometimes, when you work hard but you don’t get a point due to a bad umpiring decision, you get frustrated and it affects your further performance in the match. Richard said that it was his day and he got the decisions in his favour. According to Richard, the court had a bit of moisture in it and had got a bit of pace. The wind was also disturbing a lot. The conditions were not easy to play tennis. But, he tried to give his best and fortunately, ended up winning the match.

In the Wimbledon Championship last year, Richard Gasquet had to defeat Andy Murray to go to the quarter finals. But, the young British sensation was too much for Richard. He was defeated by Murray in the straight sets i.e. 7-6 6-3 6-2. But, Richard is pretty hopeful about his chances this year. Richard has to play against Florian Mayer of Germany in the fourth round. He said that he would try his best against Mayer and hopefully he would be able to register a place in the quarterfinals this time around.

Unfulfilled Potential?

As the world of tennis get over the hangover of Wimbledon and readies for the Olympic Games in London and the US Open at Flushing Meadows in September, majority of the tennis fans have few questions in their minds.

And while some of these questions are very obvious, one that would need a good answer is whether Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga can actually break into the top 4 of men’s tennis, currently occupied by world number one Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Scotsman Andy Murray.

The very first time the world of tennis was witness to the outrageous talents of Tsonga was almost 4 years back when he stormed into the final of the Australian Open, losing to Novak Djokovic in four sets. And en route to the final, the youngster had overcome both Nadal and Murray. Read more »

Richard Gasquet – Serves in Slow Motion

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Roger Federer vs Richard Gasquet – ATP Madrid 2012. Highlights (bojan svitac)

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