Wimbledon: Rafael Nadal vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the “ComeOn! Match of the day "
Next difficult opponent for Rafael Nadal: The Spaniard will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round of Wimbledon 2019. The match is scheduled to take place after 2 p.m. CEST.
by tennisnet.com
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Jul 06, 2019, 07:58 am
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was not amused by the penalty his first-round opponent Bernard Tomic had been given for being unsportsmanlike. Then his victory would be worth nothing, Tsonga said, if he actually only won because the Australian would not have made an effort. Which, of course, is a misjudgment by the Frenchman: after all, he is now in the third round of Wimbledon, while Tomic has to prepare for the next tasks.
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Tsonga should be much more worried about his upcoming opponent: Rafael Nadal. He had to prove himself in round two and prevailed against Nick Kyrgios in four high-class sets. Also because the two-time Wimbledon champion managed to win a tie-break against Kyrgios for the first time in his career. To be exact: two of them.
Rafael Nadal a clear favorite
The Spaniard has 8: 4 victories against Tsonga, but the last meeting dates from 2015: At that time, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga prevailed in three sets on the well-known fast surface in Shanghai. The Frenchman also won the only lawn encounter between the two, but in 2011 at the Queen's Club.
The ComeOn! Rafael Nadal clearly see an advantage. For a victory of the matador there is a odds of 1.14: 1, a victory of Tsongas, however, would bring 5.5 times the bet as a profit.