Tennis: Tsonga beats Djokovic to reach semis

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fought back from two sets to one down to reach his first grand slam semi-final in two years by beating third seed Novak Djokovic 7-6 6-7 1-6 6-3 6-1 at the Australian Open.

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

Tsonga, who was defeated by Djokovic in the final in Melbourne in 2008 and had not advanced past the quarter-finals of a grand slam since, looked down and out after the third set but rallied to beat the Serb after three hours 52 minutes.

It was the second successive five-set victory for the 10th-seeded Frenchman, who until his fourth-round win over Nicolas Almagro on Monday had never played a five-set match before.

Tsonga now meets world number one Roger Federer in the semi-finals on Friday.