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 | Murray eliminate Tsonga in London12-11-2012 |
The Briton Andy Murray qualified for the semifinals at the final tournament of the season on the ATP in London with 5.5 million dollars. prize fund Third-seeded Murray beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) with 6:2, 7:6 (3) and remained second in Group 'A'. The Scot, who only needed a set in the match to move forward started strongly and led with 4:0 games, which was enough for the success in the first half after only 33 minutes of play.
Murray continued to dominate and led with an early break, but Tsonga managed to equalize for 4:4, and at 6:5 had set ball in service of the Briton, but failed to realize it. This led to a tiebreak, which Murray dominated and won with 7:3 score. Tsonga, who had the opportunity to move forward in case of victory in two sets, made whole 36 unforced mistakes, which proved fatal, and he left the tournament with three defeats.
The leader in the world rankings and 2008 champion Novak Djokovic (Serbia) recorded three wins and ranked in the semifinals as the winner of the group. So he will play against the second in Group 'B', the classification which will be determined after the final matches today.