A little bird in the Wimble Womble house was speculating yesterday, saying, "Wouldn't it be great if Murray played Tsonga in the final!"
Based on Tsonga's performance as Queens, where he couldn't deal with Murray's game, then yes, it would have been. But based on his form at Wimbledon this last week, he'd have been a completely different prospect.
Having come back from two sets down to Roger Federer on Wednesday, he threatened to do the same against Djokovic today.
At times, the Muhammad Ali-alike looks totally devoid of technique and leaves you questioning his merit to be in the semi-finals of such a competition. Then suddenly, with giant side-steps and deft flicks of the wrist he proves that h can not only float like a butterfly, but also sting like a Mexican killer bee.
It wasn't to be today, as in the fourth set, Djokovic stood strong and stuck to his game, bullying the new boy off the court. But not without a smile. On two occasions at least, the Serb couldn't help but raise his hands and applaud the Frenchman's tenacity; once diving across court to reach one ball before leaping back up to deflect Djokovic's return back across court and win the point. Another point in the fourth set, saw Tsonga visibly measure up a lob before executing it to perfection, with Djokovic caught in no-man's land.
Tsonga may not have made the final, but if he keeps improving at this rate, he'll be a huge force in world tennis before too long.
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