2022 Roland Garros R128: [8] Casper Ruud vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [WC]

[Deleted member 629564]

This could be the very last ATP match for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he has announced 2022 RG is his final professional tournament before the retirement.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Announces He Will Retire At Roland Garros | ATP Tour | Tennis

Former World No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga announced on Wednesday that he will retire after this year’s edition of Roland Garros. It will be the 15th time he competes at the clay-court Grand Slam as a professional.

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H2H
Ruud 0-0 Tsonga

Vegas odds
(as of 20 May)

Sources:
atptour.com
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[Aabye5]

Thanks for the memories, Joltin' Jo

 

[Musterrific]

No chance of even a set for the poor declined Frenchman

 

[stringertom]

This will be the last match thread featuring Jo as one of the players. Sad that it will be a Ruud exit. Merci, Jo!

 

[dapchai]

@threehandedbackhand my Chocoviche theard got deleted

 

[Deleted member 629564]

@threehandedbackhand my Chocoviche theard got deleted

Yes, I've noticed that. Mods have no sense of humour.

 

[stringertom]

Yes, I've noticed that. Mods have no sense of humour.

Yeah, they do! They like to make us laugh at them. It becomes hilarious when you try to figure out their mysterious ways. For example, one time they allowed a GOAT female footballer to be referred to as “the guy with the purple hair” but deleted a thread about Jeff Lebowski, aka The Dude’s favorite cocktail referred to in the thread title as a “Caucasian.” That was in the space of two weeks in 2019.

You know how arbitrary they can be; how was it that dGhould was allowed to rant for so long while abridging just about every guardrail in their rules???

 

[Deleted member 629564]

Tuesday, second match in day session on CPC.

 

[Frenchy-Player]

For the moment good prestation of Tsonga.

 

[spottishwood]

Bamoss

 

[spottishwood]

Gotta take this set Jo! Already up a mini-break

 

[Third Serve]

Cmon Jo, get this set!

 

[ibbi]

This match is like 100% on his racket. Shame he can't cut out the stupid errors.

 

[spottishwood]

Just ONE more!!

 

[spottishwood]

RIP

 

[ibbi]

ARGH

 

[spottishwood]

SP. Let's GO!!!!

 

[spottishwood]

VAMOSSS

 

[ark_28]

Disappointing from Ruud still back him quite strongly from here

 

[Wesling]

a real stinker of a set by Ruud. deserved by tsonga

 

[ibbi]

Legend. Let's see if he can keep it up.

 

[junior74]

Not watching, but playing home darling Jo-Willie in his swan Tsong ain't easy.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Tsonga delivering a last bit of magic for his home crowd. Pretty epic.

Sadly, there is no way he can take 3 sets from Ruud on clay. And if he can, then he really needs to rethink his retirement plans.

 

[Kralingen]

Muug or Muguud?

 

[LeungD]

I know J-W won't win this... but damn it would be sweet if he did!

 

[Aussie Darcy]

My god how is Ruud top 10? He is an utter embarrassment to the mens tour.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Oh lord Ruud hits back to back easy shots into the net like an amateur.

Double break points Tsonga.

 

[Aabye5]

Once upon a time, Tsonga challenged the best....Ruud is not the best. Let us hope this last hurrah continues a little longer.

 

[killerboss]

Tsonga delivering a last bit of magic for his home crowd. Pretty epic.

Sadly, there is no way he can take 3 sets from Ruud on clay. And if he can, then he really needs to rethink his retirement plans.

Ruud hasn't done anything to earn that kind of respect regardless of whether he stumbles past Tsonga or not.

 

[Pmasterfunk]

I loves me some classic Jo-Willy, and I'd love to see him win, but that would really mess up my fantasy draw

 

[dking68]

My god how is Ruud top 10? He is an utter embarrassment to the mens tour.

Vulturing 250s

 

[Aabye5]

I loves me some classic Jo-Willy, and I'd love to see him win, but that would really mess up my fantasy draw

Sacrifices must be made...

 

[Frenchy-Player]

Tsonga is solid.

 

[junior74]

Ruud doesn't care about the slams.

 

[ark_28]

This is unfortunate

 

[Third Serve]

I would love for Tsonga to grab this win. Bit of a last hurrah.

 

[Carax]

My boy Jo-Wilfried not ready to say goodbye just yet

 

[Kralingen]

Jo might actually do it, my goodness

 

[Rosstour]

This is great! Go JWT

 

[Third Serve]

He’s behind by eight points but somewhat close to a 2-0 lead in sets.

 

[ibbi]

Jo might actually do it, my goodness

If he goes up 2-0 he definitely becomes favourite.

 

[ibbi]

Ruud doesn't care about the slams.

There's a TASTY looking clay challenger in Italy next week. Got his name written all over it.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Ruud hasn't done anything to earn that kind of respect regardless of whether he stumbles past Tsonga or not.

It's not like I'm real high on Ruud or anything like that. My comment was more about Tsonga's current condition - the man has basically not won a match in 3 years.

But I'd love nothing more than to be wrong.

 

[junior74]

How many slams for Tsonga if he played in the same era as Fraud?

 

[McGradey]

Fantastic nostalgia win if big Jo can pull this off. Ruud is garbage so far. Both playing quite patchy and struggling to control the ball.

 

[RF-18]

This is a statement from the older gen to the New gen from Tsonga. I can't believe Ruud, a contender for final 8 is about to bottle it.

 

[JaxTeller]

Comennnn..Willy

 

[junior74]

Roland Garros crowd boos a ball that was out by 10 cm. Intelligent crowd

 

[ibbi]

Oh, Jo...

 

[RF-18]

Ruud in the driver seat now.