Roger Federer Sent Packing by Tsonga

Written by: Global Chick on 12th August 2011

Roger Federer Sent Packing by Tsonga

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France celebrates a point against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their semi final match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 01 July 2011. EPA/KERIM OKTEN |

Former World No. 1 Roger Federer came crashing out of the Rogers Cup yesterday. Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Federer 7-6 (3) 4-6 6-1 to advance into the quarterfinals.

Federer said, “Tonight he played well and he played extraordinary shots as we know he can do. I was not able to do that. He beat me at Wimbledon so I don’t know how much of a surprise it is.”

Tsonga defeated Federer in the quarterfinal at this year’s Wimbledon. The Frenchman came back from 2-0 down. He also beat Federer two years ago at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Canada.

Nicolas Almagro will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals after a two set win over France’s Richard Gasquet 7-6 (5) 6-3. Tsonga and Almagro have played four times and Tsonga leads 4-0. Last time they played each other was at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Madrid in May this year.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic’s next opponent will be Gael Monfils, who saved three match points against Viktor Troicki of Serbia. The World No. 7 advanced into the quarterfinals of Montréal after his three sets win 3-6 7-6 (0) 7-6 (5).

Number six seed American Mardy Fish downed Latvian Ernests Gulbis in three sets 4-6 6-3 6-4 to set up a meeting with Stanislas Wawrinka. Fish lost to Gulbis recently in the final of the Farmers Open in LA.

“I believe Fish has been playing well during the past year and a half. He’s now top 10. He won his first tournament this season in Atlanta and he’s playing well,” Wawrinka said.

SCHEDULE – FRIDAY, 12 AUGUST, 2011

CENTRAL start 12:00 noon [6] M Fish (USA) vs [14] S Wawrinka (SUI)

Not Before 2:00 PM

[7] T Berdych (CZE) vs J Tipsarevic (SRB)

Not Before 5:30 PM [13] J Tsonga (FRA) vs [8] N Almagro (ESP)

Not Before 7:30 PM

[1] N Djokovic (SRB) vs [5] G Monfils (FRA)

BN COURT start 2:00 pm [7] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) vs [4] M Llodra (FRA) / N Zimonjic (SRB)

[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs [5] R Bopanna (IND) / A Qureshi (PAK)

T Berdych (CZE) / F Mayer (GER) vs A Murray (GBR) / J Murray (GBR)

Not Before 7:30 PM

J Tsonga (FRA) / S Wawrinka (SUI) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN)