Australian Open 2019: Novak Djokovic beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach third round
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Australian Open 2019 |
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Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 14-27 January |
Coverage: Daily live commentaries on the BBC Sport website, listen to Tennis Breakfast daily from 07:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and watch highlights on BBC TV and online from 19 January. |
World number one Novak Djokovic reached the Australian Open third round with a straight-set win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
The six-time champion in Melbourne beat the 33-year-old Frenchman 6-3 7-5 6-4.
Tsonga, whose ranking has fallen to 177 after a knee injury restricted him to 12 matches in 2018, showed flashes of his ability but the Serb, 31, was always in control.
Djokovic faces 19-year-old Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the 25th seed, next.
The match against Tsonga was a repeat of the 2008 final in Melbourne, which the Serb won in four sets to secure his first Grand Slam title.
"You could feel the tension on court at the beginning. We felt a lot of emotion and tried to play a great game," said Djokovic.
"It's always tough to play Jo. He has struggled with injury and his ranking doesn't do him justice in my eyes."
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As for Tsonga, good to see him regaining formal after a lengthy lay off, both at Brisbane and here. It bodes well for the season and hopefully he can make progress towards the top 20.
25-11 v Murray
27-25 v Nadal
25-22 v Federa
So certainly the greatest in his own time. Which is all you can really be.
Laughingly tranparent trolling at its worst.
All them have accumulated a large no of titles at one slam so not really a valid point
Not a sport
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So's your face.
How pathetic. Real tennis fans enjoy many players and even those who don't ever win slams are still worth watching. You are clearly missing so much I almost feel sorry for you.
Adds perspective to how good the big 3 are compared to the rest.
Alternatively it shows how poor a standard it is outside of the big 3
I wish Britain could produce a player nearly as good as this
Your "i cant stand" comment is even worse than someone breaking racket after loosing a point in heated game.
Why?
Because you have nothing to do with Novak or Andy or anyone in the sport, yet you choose express your hate without anyone asking you about your opinion.
Nole might not be the best ever, but sure is close enough.