Monday, November 10, 2008

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - Juan Martin Del Potro


Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - Juan Martin Del Potro : Tsonga 2-0@ 2.80 paddy power

The third match in the gold group , between 2 promising players, both having progressed a lot in the season that stands to end.
Del Potro impressed in the summer with his 4 in a row titles, 2 on hard court , two on clay. Also the season highlights include impressive results , mainly on hard court. He has a powerfull serve, decent groundstrokes, but he still has to improve in his consistency.Won only 59% of his first serve points and allowed 11 break point opportunities to Djokovic. His serve can let him down sometimes, and when he's lost, he's lost...

Tsonga is one of my favourites, like his offensive style, great service aswell, but more stable mentaly, and a better game overall I would say. 2 things worry me:he won only 38% percent on his second serve agains Davydenko and gived him 11 break point opportunities.They have met one before, Del Potro won in 3 sets, but now the situation is different. Potro lost to Djokovic, Tsonga lost to Davydenko in a close 3 set match, ending in a tiebreak. In my opinion the winner of this match will be the one that will advance forward along with Djokovic, from this group.
At the end of the day, Tsonga should prouve to much for Potro.