Tsonga achieved many things in this tournament.
First, he leapfrogged Mardy Fish to become world nr.7. Second, he is now very well placed to play in the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Third… he won the tournament!
It took 2 hours, 29 minutes, 3 sets and 25 aces to down Del Potro.
‘It was really tough,’ said Tsonga, ‘Juan Martin played great until in the second set. I was down a bit after losing another first set in the tiebreaker.
‘But I fought on and didn’t give away any easy points after that.’
‘I really wanted to win this final,’ said the Argentine. ‘But Jo was so good on serve today. I had hoped to win a title, it always means a lot when you are coming back.
‘I’m getting closer to my best level, but I need to build confidence.’
