Tsonga demolished Nadal in straight sets
January 24th, 2008Unseeded Jo Wilfried Tsonga displayed a remarkable game of tennis and stunned world number 2 Rafael Nadal in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 , 6-2 to move to Sundays Australian Open Finals.
In a brilliant display of power serves and controlled volleys it took only Tsonga less than 2 hrs to reach the finals in only his fifth Grand Slam.
Tsonga now has the prospect of facing either three-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer or Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s final.
Federer and Djokovic have a rematch of their 2007 US Open final in the other semi-final on Friday.