Tsonga Injures Finger and Wimbledon is in Doubt

Written by: Staff on 15th June 2012

BNP Paribas 2011 Masters Tennis Tournament

Tsonga Injures Finger and Wimbledon is in Doubt

epa03001258 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France returns the ball to John Isner of USA during their semi-finals match at the BNP Paribas 2011 Masters Tennis tournament in Paris, France, 12 November 2011. EPA/HORACIO VILLALOBOS |

Wimbledon contender Jo-Wilfried Tsonga injured the little finger on his racquet hand during a mid-match tumble at Queen’s club, with the world No. 5 is now worried about his fitness for the grass-court Grand Slam which starts in 10 days.

The Frenchman hurt his right-hand finger as he lost 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) in the third-round to Croatian Ivan Dodig.

“I think it’s serious, it sounds very bad. We will see. I will have the exam,” said Tsonga, Queen’s finalist last year against Andy Murray. “I felt like I broke something or I stretched a lot of ligaments, I would say,” said Tsonga.

“I have to remain positive. I don’t know now what this means for Wimbledon. I could barely hold my racquet and for the last games of the match my mind was not in it at all. When I first fell on it, it went numb, but then when I touched it later it really hurt.”

Tsonga’s exit followed the departure a day earlier of top seed Murray, who was later forced with withdraw form doubles with his brother Jamie due to fitness issues. Four-time champions Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick also lost in opening matches at the upset-filled tournament.

Topics: AEGON tennis Championships, Andy Murray, Croatian Ivan Dodig, Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Queen's Club