Verdasco led 6*-4 in tiebreak, but Tsonga came up with some marvelous shots. In 2nd set Nando couldn't handle the disappointment of losing that first set, he basically resignated.
Some guys have the clutch gene, and others don't. That's pretty much what this match comes down to. Tsonga's backhand may be poor, his technique may not be fundamentally sound, but when the going gets tough, he can rocket out those serves and huge forehands. Tsonga is in the QF and hasn't played a good match yet, so you can't argue with the results.
One of the worst serves ever at *1-5 15-30 in the second set from Verdasco. Hopefully someone turns that into a gif.
Verdasco was much the stronger in the first set, drawing so many backhand errors. Nice disiplined tactics, very effective ....... but misses all 5bps, lost the tiebreak from *6-4, and then tanked.
Starts second set with slice halfway up the net, doublefault, wild backhand. The discipline went as well - all first set he was just endlessly sending it to the Tsonga backhand, but he just stopped moving, carelessly slapping at the ball, just trying to get off court asap.
Should have been a second set bagel, Tsonga had double bp at 4-0 but got overexcited.
Losing to Clownga on slow clay is a new low for him.
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