Tsonga Advances To Wimbledon Round 3

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the No.12 seed, needed 82 minutes to beat Juan Monaco 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 on Friday at Wimbledon. It was the first grass-court meeting between the pair, who have now met at all four Grand Slams. The Frenchman hit 32 winners en route to improving his FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Monaco to 6-0.

“Today I played pretty good tennis,” said Tsonga, who is a two-time semi-finalist (2011, 2012). “It was a lot better than my first round, so I’m really happy. [I] hope I will continue in this way.” The Frenchman awaits the winner of No.18 seed John Isner and Matthew Barton in the third round. 

In the first meeting between No. 15 seed Nick Kyrgios and wild card Dustin Brown, the pair were tied at two-sets-all when play was suspended due to rain. Down 0/40 in the seventh game of the fifth set, Brown reeled off a bevy of winners to get to deuce. Kyrgios earned another break point but Mother Nature had other ideas as the skies opened up.

Kyrgios is looking to reach the third round at the All England Club for the third straight year. Last year, Brown equalled his best Wimbledon result by reaching the third round after upsetting tenth seed Rafael Nadal. The winner will next face either No. 22 seed Feliciano Lopez or Fabio Fognini.