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Nadal packs as Tsonga secured SF berth
After a very tight first set, which found both players holding their services consistently until the breaker, the enxt two terms seemed to be a walk in the park for the world number 19. Rafaa went 5-3 ahead at one point, while Tsonga could only win one of the next three points, allowing the 25-year-old Spaniard to break through and clinch the opener. The next two sets showed the French playing his best tennis and making the world champion to lose some nerves and concede the first service of the second set.
Rafa broke back immediately to make it 1-1 and threaten with another tight term. Fortunately, Tsonga grabbed another break late in the ninth game to serve for the set and even win it later on. Cocnerning the decider, it found the same French breaking the favorite twice in the first and third game to set an unexpected 4-0 lead the Spaniard was unable to break until the end. Even more than that, Nadal conceded even his fourth service to permit Tsonga to secure the progress and pick his second win over the world number one.
Said Nadal: “The negative thing is I lost today; the positive thing is I have few days off and can stop a little bit mentally. I wake up every day with that pressure that you have to play, which is not easy, and that’s what happened to me the last four months.”
The head to head series between the two have now gone 5-2 to Nadal who has last defeated the 26-year-old at the 2010 Miami Masters. Wilfried will next meet revelation James Ward of England who has made the progress after edging Adrian Mannarino in three sets, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4. The world number 216 will meet the French for the first time but is likely to cause his opponent some trouble in tomorrow’s meeting, taking into accoun the English is following a three-set win over the defending champion Sam Querrey.
En route to the semi finals, Tsonga has grabbed two easy progresses. First he beat Michael Berrer 6-0, 6-1 in the second term, while the second round brought him a much easier progress after Michael Llodra abandoned the match at 3-4 down due to injury. On the other side, Ward started his British tournament with a 7-6, 6-3.
The 24-year-old Ward eased past the French in the opener, breaking him twice in the first six games. He thus managed to go 4-1 ahead at one point, without letting go of his service. As for the second set, it took Mannarino ten games to ick his first break and take a minimal 6-5 lead. Ward pushed the term into tie-break and had plenty of chances to close the game. Unfortunately for the crowd favorite, Mannarino proved to be too strong for the unseeded, winning the set 16-14.
As for the decider, it found the Fnrech grabbing an early break and setting a 2-0 advantage he should have converted into a victory. But Ward broke back in the fourth and threatened with another breaker. The two then went head to head until the tenth game the Briton converted into a late precious break and a hard-fought victory.
As for the second half of the table, Andy Roddick has set an Andy Murray semi final after easing past Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-2. Winner of four editions, the American will play the Scot for the tenth time in career, but will start the clash as a second favorite. Roddick made an easy start against the Spaniard, breaking him twice in the opener and a couple of more times in the second term.
Murray has made a free progress after Marin Cilic’s abandon. The head to head series between the two is led by the 24-year-old who has defeated the world number ten six times, last occasion at the 2009 Doha event. Roddick’s last win dates from the 2009 Wimbledon Grand Slam which also was their last meeting.
Queens ATP Prize Money:
Winner – 77,500 euro
Runner-up – 44,100 euro
Semi finalist – 25,500 euro
Quarter finalist – 15,000
R16 – 8,730 euro
R32 – 5,300 euro
R 56 – 3,230
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