Saturday, June 11, 2011

SUNDAY PREVIEW – TSONGA LOOKS TO END FRENCH DROUGHT, MURRAY EYES SECOND TITLE

Reviewed by Greg Sharko,
 Source:  © Getty Images, atpworldtour.com
Murray


Fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsongaattempts to become the first French champion in the history of the Queen’s Club (since 1890) as he takes on No. 2 seed and 2009 winner Andy Murray in Sunday’s AEGON Championships final. Both players, who have dropped one set en route to the title match, are appearing in their second final of the season. Tsonga was runner-up in Rotterdam in February and Murray was a finalist at the Australian Openin January. Tsonga is trying to become the first player to defeat the No. 1 & 2 seeds en route to the title since Tim Mayotte in 1986. The Frenchman defeated No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals Friday.