Murray hammers Tsonga in Shanghai Masters
Saturday, 16 October 2010
SHANGHAI, Oct 15 (AFP):- British world number four Andy Murray hammered 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-2 Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters.
Murray's success against the Frenchman puts him into the final four against the winner from the match between Roland Garros semi-finalist Jurgen Melzer and Argentine Juan Monaco.
His game was looking bleak a week ago in Beijing when he lost in the quarter-finals and remained without a place in next month's eight-man World Tour Finals in London.
But that immediate problem was solved with Murray's straight-sets win on Thursday against another French opponent in Jeremy Chardy, who proved to be just a warm-up for the damage inflicted on Tsonga, the 2008 Australian Open finalist.
Murray's success against the Frenchman puts him into the final four against the winner from the match between Roland Garros semi-finalist Jurgen Melzer and Argentine Juan Monaco.
His game was looking bleak a week ago in Beijing when he lost in the quarter-finals and remained without a place in next month's eight-man World Tour Finals in London.
But that immediate problem was solved with Murray's straight-sets win on Thursday against another French opponent in Jeremy Chardy, who proved to be just a warm-up for the damage inflicted on Tsonga, the 2008 Australian Open finalist.