Federer vs Tsonga- Reasons for Federer's Impressive Win

Roger Federer advanced to the Semi Final defeating Tsonga in straight sets today. It was a sweet revenge for Federer who had lost his last two matches against Tsonga this year. One was a humiliating defeat in Wimbledon after being 2 sets up and second in Rogers Cup! Everyone must be thinking as to what Federer did differently than the previous two matches:

Here is the answer:

Tsonga (FRA)
Tournament	Wimbledon	Roger Cup	US Open
1st Serve %	102 of 145 = 70 %	56%	45 of 85 = 53%
Unforced Errors	22	21	34
Winning % on 1st Serve	73%	78%	69%
Winning % on 2nd Serve	67%	63%	40%
Winners	63	33	17
Receiving Points Won	24%	-	33%
Break Point Conversions	3 of 9 = 33 %	22%	2 of 3 = 67%
Net Approaches	37 of 58 = 64 %	47%	11 of 19 = 58%
Federer (SUI)
Tournament	Wimbledon	Roger Cup	US Open
1st Serve %	103 of 137 = 75 %	62%	62 of 86 = 72%
Unforced Errors	11	32	30
Winning % on 1st Serve	78%	74%	77%
Winning % on 2nd Serve	71%	46%	42%
Winners	57	31	29
Receiving Points Won	29%	-	45%
Break Point Conversions	1 of 1 = 100 %	25%	6 of 13 = 46%
Net Approaches	26 of 42 = 62 %	64%	19 of 32 = 59%

Federer played a superb game throughout the match and was ahead of Tsonga in almost all the areas except Unforced Errors. But as we can clearly see, Tsonga has to blame himself for losing today's match as he could not get into any rhythm during the match.

Tsonga played far below his level shown at Wimbledon/Rogers Cup and was totally out of answers to Federer's near perfect display of tennis. Tsonga's 1st Serve went down by 17%, winners were only 17 against 63 in Wimbledon and unforced errors went to 34. All in all, Tsonga was nowhere near his usual game today and Federer captured onto this part and played some breathtaking shots during the match.

All in all, we are all set for the dream SF this coming Saturday and my next article tomorrow will be focused on this epic battle between Federer and Djokovic and a look at the stats as to what they have to say!