Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's Adidas game
worn shoes. This special made to measure
shoes were worn during Wimbledon 2012. Both shoes are signed and
personalized with Tsonga's Logo. In the leading up to Wimbledon 2012, Jo
was
announced that a scan revealed a severely sprained as opposed to broken
finger,
and that Tsonga would compete. A possible first-round test came in the
shape of
Australian Lleyton Hewitt However, after a monumental number of aces and
forehand winners, Tsonga came through 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Guillermo
Garcia-Lopez
came next. After a slow start, Jo made short work of the Spaniard
6-7(3), 6-4,
6-1, 6-3. A court 2 draw with Lukáš Lacko and the elimination of Rafael
Nadal by
Lukas Rosol left Tsonga with a great chance to reach the semi-finals for
a second
year in a row. He looked certainly on track with a comfortable 6-4, 6-3,
6-3 victory
over the Slovak. 10th seed Mardy Fish looked dominant in taking the
opening set
4-6. Rain set in, and after the delay, Jo-Wilfried came back looking
stronger than
his opponent; eventually taking the match 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-4. German
Philipp
Kohlschreiber was Tsonga's quarter-final opponent. The match began
evenly with
the Frenchman taking it on a tiebreak: 7-6(5). Kohlschreiber, however,
fought
back to take the second set 4-6. This only fired Jo up more, as he took
the match
in 4 tight sets: 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2. He then faced Andy
Murray for a place in
the final. This time, Jo-Wilfried looked less confident and weaker
against a Scot
growing with confidence. Despite managing to fight back to take the
third set,
Tsonga was ousted by the world number 4: 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7.
|