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Feb 14
One of the French favorites, Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, is already out of the tournament, but that doesn’t mean the Open 13 in Marseille is without some marquee second-round matchups. Highlighting Thursday’s night session will be Robin Soderling and second-seeded Richard Gasquet followed by sixth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis and Ivo Karlovic.
Jan 28
[People's Daily, China] Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the trophy after the men’s singles final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in the Australian Open Tennis Tournament in Melbo …
Jan 27
Transcribed interview with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during the Australian Open 2008.
Date: Sunday, 27 January, 2008
Q. What are your thoughts after the match? What are you thinking?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Lot of things. I’m very proud of myself. I’m happy for Novak, because he played unbelievable today. I don’t know if I have to be sad or happy of this final, but I feel great.
Q. What was your feeling coming in? Were you nervous at the start of today’s match?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: No, no, no. I was okay. Like every day. Very relaxed. I don’t know what say. I think Novak played very good today, and it was tough.
When you have a match, you have one player and one opponent, and you don’t know who’s gonna win. At the end, all the time you have a winner. So today was Novak.
Q. Now that you’ve been in the final, how hungry are you to be back in a final again?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: It’s just unbelievable because the crowd was unbelievable. A lot of noise and everything. I had frisson (goosebumps). It was crazy (smiling).
Q. You seemed quite happy about the amount of time he was playing between points. You mentioned it to the umpire. Do you think it’s fair the gap between points?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah, sometimes, you know, when you have to return, you are like this (ready). When your opponent take a lot of time, you go for be ready, and after not, and you are like this (back and forth). When he serves, you are not ready because you are like this (back and forth).
It’s very difficult. Between points you have like 25 seconds for play. When it’s 40 seconds, the umpire have to say something, you know.
Q. How does it feel to be in the top 20?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Pretty good (smiling).
Q. Does this give you the confidence now to maybe break into the top 10?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah, of course, of course. Not everybody can beat player who I beat. So I know Richard or Youzhny or Rafael, they are very good player. And beat them, it’s very difficult, and I did it, so…
Of course, I’m confident now.
Q. How good was it having your mom and dad fly over for the match?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: For me it was very important, because one of the dream of my father, it was to come here, and I did it, so it’s good.
Q. It was a dream for him to come here to see you play?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah.
Q. How long has he been speaking about that?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Since a long time. I don’t know. I cannot say the time. Maybe since I play tennis.
Jan 22
Transcribed interview with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during the Australian Open 2008.
Date: Tuesday, 22 January, 2008
Q. I suppose it’s a bit cliche, but can you describe the emotion and the feeling you felt when you won that match point and collapsed to the ground?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: I don’t know how to say that. It’s like I want to cry, I want to smile, I want everything. And it’s a lot of emotion, so…
Q. You were very emotional when you spoke to Jim Courier afterwards. Was that part of the process of the long road back that you have had from all those injuries and just sort of overwhelmed you?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Yes, of course. I have a lot of image in my head, and it’s coming like (indicating) like this, and it’s very — it’s very big. And, yeah, it’s a lot of emotion.
Q. When you had those injuries, was there ever a time when you thought of giving up, of not coming back, and that this day might not happen?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Sorry? Yes, not really, but, yes, sometime it was like, oh, it’s too tough. I don’t know if I will do it.
Q. Can you just talk briefly about obviously the semifinal and how you see a matchup with Nadal. How will you approach that?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: I don’t know. Like every match before. I try to stay on this world and that’s it. I will do like every time I do before, to be relaxed on the court, and we will see what’s happened.
Q. Nadal is a different player from every other player.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Yes, maybe, but he has two arms and two legs like me, so we will see on the court.
Q. Have you played Nadal before?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah, one time.
Q. US Open?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: US Open.
Q. Youzhny is a player with a lot of big wins. He’s won against Nadal, won against Federer. Was it a sufficient match, and what was the approach for you before you went into the game?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: To the game? No, I know it will be a tough match. But I play better than last year, and I’m very confident in my game, so I will see. I will see after tomorrow.
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