Andy Murray vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: Score and Recap from 2014 US Open

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Published: September 1, 2014

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Andy Murray pulled out three tight sets and withstood the power of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he advanced to the 2014 U.S. Open quarterfinals with a straight-sets victory, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4.

In a test between the tournament's No. 8 and No. 9 seeds, Monday's match guaranteed a hotly contested battle and it lived up to the hype. Games were tight, deuces were popular and every strong coupling of shots by one tennis star was matched by the other.     

But when Murray and Tsonga got deep into their sets and neither was budging, it was the eighth-seeded Murray who burst with energy and won the crucial points by keeping his opponent out of place with pace and accuracy. Every set came down to a few key winners, and Murray was on the winning side of those points.

The celebration will be short-lived for Murray, as ESPN Tennis notes he faces top-seeded Novak Djokovic next:



The British star now holds a commanding 10-2 lead in head-to-head battles with the Frenchman, avenging his quarterfinal defeat at the Toronto Masters this summer. He has struggled to make a Grand Slam final run in 2014 while going through a coaching change, but he explained how he could come out on top in Monday's match, via The Guardian's Kevin Mitchell:

I just try to win the match. It’s not really about how you play because sometimes you can play really good tennis and lose – I’m more interested in trying to win the match against Jo, playing the right tactics to give myself the best chance of doing that and see what happens.

I’ve beaten many top 10 players over the course of my career in these events and I’m sure it will happen again, and happen soon.

Murray came out eager to make sure that it wouldn't just happen soon, but that it would happen on Monday afternoon.

He held his serves early on, and his mix of power and placement proved too much for...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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