Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga opened their season Tuesday with three-set victories at the Qatar Open.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga laboured to a first-round victory at the Qatar Open on Tuesday, defeating wildcard Malek Jaziri in three sets in blustery conditions.

But the first thing that strikes you when you talk to the talented Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is how charismatic the Frenchman is, and the genuine smile that rarely leaves his face. He's enjoying a career-high ranking, and is coming off an impressive 2011 …

At the top, the player with the most potential to make an impact is undoubtedly Jo-Wilfried Tsonga whose confidence is starting to match his flamboyantly powerful game. He always did the Muhammad Ali victory dance. Now he looks as if he means it. …

David Ferrer kicked off the new tennis season with a three-set win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Abu Dhabi. The Spaniard came from a set down to post a 2-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-2 victory in the first round of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event …

By Ajay Tyagi (TennisEarth.com), Ferrer defied the strong challenge of Tsonga and made a tremendous comeback from a set down to beat him. Ferrer instantly raised the level of his game in the crucial second-set tie-breaker and never looked back from …

That was the question among observers of Roger Federer after his five-set loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Wimbledon, my 9th-best match of 2011. In other words, was it Federer's letdown or Tsonga's surge that was the cause of this stunning comeback, …

Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Juan Martín del Potro, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, in the final of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. Tsonga will move to No. 7 in the points list; the top eight qualify for the season-ending ATP finals in London next month. …

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga improved to seventh in the race for the ATP year-end championships, beating Juan Martin Del Potro to win the Austrian Open.

Vienna finalists Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin Del Potro will be back in action this week in Valencia. They headline a strong 500-point tournament along with David Ferrer, Gael Monfils, and Gilles Simon.