Federer Crushes Lackluster Tsonga in Semifinal Rout
by Ben Rothenberg on Jan 29, 2010 1:36 PM EST
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The men's finals mirrored the women's ones that had preceded with them. The first was a gutty, close affair that, while not always pretty. The second was a rout in which the 2004 Australian Open champion made a fool of his/her opponent.
Roger Federer outclassed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in 88 minutes, or in just one minute longer than the second set of Henin-Dementieva lasted.
Federer was good, but not any better than he was against Davydenko, who put up much more of a fight. Tsonga simply couldn't do anything right. He didn't serve well, he didn't move well, and he hit bad errors early in rallies. It was a sharp departure from the masterclass he delivered in his previous grand slam semifinal, where he was on the other side of a rout in beating Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 down under in 2007.
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Tsonga's the most inconsistent player on the tour
He can sometimes produce moments of magic, but like today, he looked like he didn’t want to be there.
Should be a good final nevertheless.
The commentators kept saying that Tsonga
was in pain as if from an injury which could go some way to explaining his lacklustre play. Perosnally I thought he just looked psychologically drained and like he didn’t want to be there.
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