Tsonga reels in Fish to reach Wimbledon quarter-finals
Tsonga reels in Fish to reach Wimbledon quarter-finals
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat American Mardy Fish
to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the third year running on
Tuesday - finally prevailing after countless rain delays.
Fifth seed Tsonga lost the opening set on Monday before
play was abandoned but returned at lunchtime on Tuesday to gradually
reel in Fish and claim a 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4 victory.
The match hinged on the second set tiebreak when Tsonga warmed up the crowd with some inspired tennis to level on a cool and
drizzly Court Two.
Tsonga saved break points before serving out the third
set and then forged 4-2 ahead in the fourth before rain returned to halt
his progress.
When the skies eventually lightened Tsonga knocked off
the two games he needed to set up a quarter-final against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
