Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs Philip Kohlschreiber Updates

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 at 9:32 am , filed under Tennis News by Terry Lawrence

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs Philip Kohlschreiber Sony Ericssion Open 2010 match on Sunday, March 28, 2010.

Venue: Crandon Park

Time: 11:00 A.M

Players Report:

French Player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will fight against Philip Kohlschreiber in the Sony Ericssion Open 2010 match on Sunday at Cradon Park.

Tsonga rose to fame by virtue of his performance in the 2008 Australian Open when, as an unseeded player, he reached the final, having defeated four seeded players along the way, including earning a dominant straight sets win over the then world number 2 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. Tsonga eventually lost to world number 3 Novak Djokovic in the final in 4 sets, after winning the first set – the only set Djokovic dropped during the 2008 Australian Open.

Tsonga won his first career ATP Masters Series championship at the 2008 Paris Masters on November 2, 2008. In the final, he defeated the No. 8 seed David Nalbandian in 3 sets. Tsonga, for the first time, thus qualified for the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, China.

Tsonga had switched his racquets to Babolat (previously using Wilson), and started his 2010 season at the AAMI Kooyong Classic after recovering from a wrist injury. He kicked-off his season in a fine fashion by defeating Swede Robin Söderling in straight sets 7–6(0), 6–1 on day one. On day two, he was meant to face Juan Martín del Potro, but he withdrew due to an injury, which let Tsonga through to the final. Tsonga defeated Tommy Haas 6–4, 6–3 on day three but lost to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the final 5–7, 3–6.

He was seeded 9th at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. After receiving a seeding bye into the second round, he beat Marinko Matosevic and Albert Montanes before crashing out to Robin Soderling in the fourth round.

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