Posts Tagged "Jo-Wilfried Tsonga"
Lance polluting our children’s minds
By The Duffster, 25 Jan 2013I was sitting at home recently watching the highly entertaining Federer v Tsonga Australian Open quarterfinal when my seven year old son said, “Tsonga must be on drugs.”
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Roger Federer faces his toughest test at the Australian Open thus far when he plays in-form Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in tonight’s quarter-final. Join us for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm AEDT.
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Olympics: Tsonga fears early end to medal dream
By Steve Griffiths, 28 Jul 2012
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fears his Olympic dream could come to a premature end after the world number six was handed a tricky first round clash against Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci.
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Aussie Lleyton Hewitt will need to play his best tennis if he is to upset world no.5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round of Wimbledon. Join us for live scores and commentary from 11:00pm AEST.
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Presenting the 2012 Australian Open dark horses
By Alan Nicolea, 16 Jan 2012
If we are to follow the trend of the past six years, you can expect either Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, or Andy Murray to appear in the 2012 Australian Open final.
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Federer’s final – the US Open quarters in preview
By Turnover, 7 Sep 2011 As we venture deeper into the second week of the US Open, the Big Four – Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, Murray – once again dominate our predictions and deserve their favouritism to take out the men’s title.
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Piercing screams, wasting time: it’s Wimbledon 2011
By David Lord, 2 Jul 2011 On Monday, Novak Djokovic becomes the 25th player, and the first Serb, among the 13 countries that have produced the world’s number one.
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Novak Djokovic into Wimbledon final
By AFP, 2 Jul 2011 Novak Djokovic powered into his first Wimbledon final here Friday with a four-set defeat of France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga which ensured he will take over the world No.1 ranking.
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Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal era over, says Tsonga
By Scott Williams, 9 Feb 2011 Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Tuesday sauntered into the second round of the ATP Rotterdam Open after a 6-4 6-4 defeat of Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and declared the era of domination from Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is over.
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Channel 7 has stifled this year’s Australian Open
By Adrian Musolino, 31 Jan 2010 The doomsayers are preparing the obituary. Tennis in this country is dying – as evidenced by the mammoth drop in television ratings for the Australian Open that shows a 40 per cent decrease in viewers from last year.
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Tsonga buoyed by past win ahead of Federer clash
By Guy Hand, 29 Jan 2010 French underdog Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is taking heart from his last meeting with Roger Federer, and hoping for a similar result against the Swiss master to book a place in the Australian Open men’s final.
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I’m stronger than 2008, says Djokovic
By Paul Mulvey, 26 Jan 2010 Novak Djokovic has declared he’s a stronger player than when he won the Australian Open in 2008 and is ready to repeat the triumph.
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Gilles Muller: an ode to the Grand Slam fairytale
By bahodl, 10 Sep 2008 Gilles Muller is a realist. On his recent trip to the US Open, he didn’t even bother to book a hotel room for the second week of the tournament. He didn’t think he would need to.
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Four-time defending champion Roger Federer cruised into the fourth round of the US Open on Sunday while Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic struggled to send off a stubborn teen challenger.
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Nadal takes Federer’s No.1 ranking
By AFP, 19 Aug 2008 Spain’s Rafael Nadal today replaced Roger Federer as the new world No.1 in the ATP rankings. Federer, 27, relinquishes his hold on the top spot after 237 weeks.
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Who will win the men’s title at Wimbledon this year?
By The Crowd, 24 Jun 2008 It is hard to go past Roger Federer when it comes to men’s singles at Wimbledon.
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