Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

A confident world No1 is a scary No1, and the prospect of a confident Novak Djokovic is a particularly intimidating prospect. The top man has…

The rigours of the tennis year begin early and demand much. Steamy tournaments in Doha, Chennai and the Antipodes barely work limbs and rackets into…

There are some tennis players and some match-ups that just get the blood racing. They might be the shot-makers, perhaps the ones with serve-and-volley flair,…

By the time Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga took to court on Friday night, the qualification issue was pretty straightforward, thanks to Novak Djokovic’s defeat…

It’s opening night of the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals, and the honour of taking centre stage was handed to the newly-crowned world No1, Novak…

It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good. The Paris Masters may have rued the loss of the ‘big four’ from its draw—Rafael Nadal…

There were always questions about how the final Masters of the year in Paris Bercy would cope with its new slot straddling October and November,…

With little more than a week to go, and key contenders Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Janko Tipsarevic retiring in their first-round matches in Valencia, the final…

It was official: ‘Murray-mania’ had gripped a nation ready to celebrate a potential champion as London ran headlong towards the biggest sporting event in the…

Go back barely a couple of years and the rivalry in men’s tennis seemed all about Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. They dominated the top…

The world No1 and defending champion, Novak Djokovic, will meet six-time titlist, No3 Roger Federer, for the 27th time when they take to court in…

The draws in Paris did, of course, boast ample measures of French interest and not simply because of the wild card places that are the…

Well it worked. There have been more headlines, more discussions, more debates about the Madrid Open before the tennis even began to satisfy the most…

Easter 2012 holds a unique position in the tennis calendar. This year, it is the bridge that takes the players from three full months of…

With just an hour and half to go before he was scheduled to play Andy Murray in one of the most anticipated matches of the…

It’s a year in which much has been written of age and of records, about powers reaching their peak and powers waning. It’s a year…

It was always going to be a hard one to call between two men who had qualified for London at the last available tournament. Jo-Wilfried…

And so it begins””the fight for what amounts to the fifth Grand Slam of the year””appropriately enough with the defending champion Roger Federer. The prize-money…

When it comes to Roger Federer, the numbers continue to confound. In Basel last week he clocked up more than 50 match wins for the…

The battle for the last three places in the World Tour Finals is set to go right to the wire. With little more than a…

Second seed Novak Djokovic reached his first Wimbledon final after seeing off France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-7 6-3. The Serb, whose continues his…