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 | Nadal dropped in Queens after the loss of Tsonga10-06-2011 |
Champion Open de France tennis Rafael Nadal (Spain) exited the quarter-finals Queen's in London with a prize fund 1.15 million dollars. World No. 1 Nadal lost with 7:6 (7:3), 4:6, 1:6 the fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) for almost two hours of play.
For the Spaniard it was only the third match on grass this sezon.Nadal hard won after the first set tiebreak with 7:3. In the second part, he allowed a breakthrough in the first game, but then you broke back. Tsonga won the second set, having made the breakthrough in the 9 th game for 5:4. The third crucial part of French tennis player to 4:0 lead after two breaks, then with 5:1 and again with a breakthrough win last game of the match. Tsonga made a breakthrough in a total of 5 games and 25 aces.
Opponent in the semifinals of the Frenchman will be the winner of the match between participating in a wild card James Ward (GBR) and Adrian Manarino (France). Four times champion in the tournament Andy Roddick (USA) will face the winner of 2009 Andy Murray (Britain) in contention for a place in the final. Scot qualify for this stage of the tournament without a game after Marin Cilic pulled before the start of their quarterfinal match because of an ankle injury. Roddick beat for 65 minutes with 6:2, 6:2 Fernando Verdasco (Spain) and record 10th win from 13 matches played against the Spaniard.