Swiss endurance the sequel

Pfff, this morning was really nerve-racking! The match between Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lastet over 3,5 hours. Federer immediately broke Tsonga in the openingsgame, so I was pretty excited and had much confidence in Federer. Unfortunately Tsonga broke back and the first set ended up in a tiebreak. In the tiebreak the same thing happened as in the first game: Federer made the first mini-break. A few points later he also took the first set :)

 

 

In the second set Tsonga played a lot better than in the first set. Not that he played bad in the first set, he actually played very well during the whole match! Federer's service wasn't convincing to me in the second set. You could feel that Tsonga was going for the second set. He was able to break Federer at 3-3 and took the second set with a 6-4 win over Federer.

 

 

 

 

Both were playing very well in the third set. Nobody was able to dominate the match. Federer was serving better than in the second set and Tsonga had these amazing shots. He managed to play the ball right on the lines and in the corners of each side. So the the second tiebreak of the match was a fact and Federer was again too strong for Tsonga.

 

 

 

 

Watching the fourth set wasn't very easy for me, because Federer played kind of clumsy every now and then. It was 1-1 and Tsonga was serving the third game. Eventually Federer got 3 breakpoints. I don't know how, but somehow Tsonga made those breakpoints disappear and the score became 2-1 in his favour. In the sixth game he broke Federer and was able to win the set with 6-3.

 

 

 

 

I couldn't see the beginning of the fifth set, because I needed to walk the dog. So when I came back I was very surprised to see that it was 4-1 for Federer :) I felt really relieved and it was only a matter of time and Federer became the winner of the fifth set.

The final result of the match Federer vs. Tsonga was 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3.

 

Tsonga played very well and I think Federer wasn't prepared playing aginst such a strong Tsonga. I mean, Tsonga hit a lot of aces and winners during the whole match. It was a nice match to watch, a real treat to the tennisfans. I'm just very glad that the 'Swiss endurance' finally paid off, because I still feel very sorry for Wawrinka. Hopefully Federer is going to meet Djokovic in the final. That would be a hell of a match, wouldn't it?

 

(Source of all the pictures is www.australianopen.com)