Federer opened his campaign for a record sixth title at this year’s ATP World Tour Finals with a 3 set victory over Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The Swiss maestro began the match in devastating form. In merely 21 minutes, Federer had broken Tsonga twice, winning the set 6-2. Things changed in the second set as the Frenchman started to serve bigger, and hit harder. Federer looked out of sorts for a bit and Tsonga capitalized, evening the match at one set each (winning 2nd set 6-2).
Onto the third and final set, Federer served first, and each player held serve until the tenth game, with Tsonga serving at 4-5. Federer went up quickly to love-40, and held his ground to break, clinching the match 6-2 2-6 6-4, in 1 hour 28 minutes. Thierry Henry sat in Federer’s box, and Rafa Nadal was in attendance as well.
Highlights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_32Gojezpqo
Federer has now won at least 60 matches for the ninth straight year and is on a 13 match win streak. He is 1-0 in Group B play. Rafael Nadal will take on Mardy Fish in the night session. Stay tuned for more as the Swiss maestro’s second match approaches.
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