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 | Remove Tsonga Federer in Montreal12-08-2011 |
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won 7-6 (3), 4:6, 6:1 Swiss Roger Federer in the second round match of the tournament in men's tennis series "Masters" in the Canadian city of Montreal.
Tsonga and Federer met at the British Open, and then the Frenchman came out the winner of the match and broke Federer's attempts for a seventh title in the race for the Grand Slam. Court in Montreal other than English, but the game march was identical to that of "Wimbledon" - wrong Federer plays his last Games Won, while Tsonga had a inexhaustible natural forces and moved far more than your opponent.
"Tsonga win against me and" Wimbledon, "so I see no surprise in the outcome of the match. He played very well. I knew that I will remove if not playing at their best against him. We have a huge Tsonga confidence in their forces, "said Federer after the match.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal, 2-time champion in Montreal, and Briton Andy Murray, who himself won the past two editions of the tournament, dropped more in their first matches. Thanks to Serb Novak Djokovic remained the only winner of the title, which still plays in the tournament. Djokovic continued his winning series of confidence as a leader of the world rankings, having had 7-5, 6-2 over Croat Marin Cilic. This is victory number 50 for the Serb from the beginning of the season.