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French player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga returns
the ball against Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the men's singles
competition at Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, 2008, in Shanghai, east China,
Nov. 13, 2008. Tsonga won the match 1-6, 7-5, 6-1. (Xinhua
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SHANGHAI, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The seventh seed
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga notched up a face-saving victory and ended Novak Djokovic's
winning streak in the Masters Cup tournament after beating the second seed 1-6,
7-5, 6-1 here on Thursday.
With Tsonga eliminated after losing his first two
Gold Group matches and the Serb already into the semis, the contest was a dead
rubber.
But both players showed no let up and Tsonga edged
the contest with some aggressive play in the third set to end Djokovic's one
hundred per cent record in the prestigious tournament.
Nikolay Davydenko and Juan Martin del Potro meet in
the decisive group game.
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after
losing a point to French player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during the men's
singles competition at Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, 2008, in Shanghai,
east China, Nov. 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |