‘Nothing Is Impossible’ – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Steps up for a Noble Cause Ahead of Likely Final Match at French Open 2022
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Former Australian Open finalist, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, is going to start his campaign at the French Open today against the no.8 seed Casper Ruud. It is worth noting that this could be his last match in his career, after announcing he would be retiring after the 2022 French Open. Before playing his opening match against the Norwegian, Tsonga posted a picture on his social media, as he posted a heartwarming message for the fans.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga posts a lovely message ahead of the opening match
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Earlier, former world no.5, Tsonga posted a picture on his Instagram of his new dress. It looked like the picture was taken inside an aquarium. In that picture, he captioned, “Together, nothing is impossible. Between May 23 and June 8, for every 10 minutes of sports activity carried out, adidas is committed to collecting the equivalent in weight of a plastic bottle in our oceans #RunForTheOceans… Download the adidasrunning app and let’s run for our oceans.”
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He used many hashtags to support the oceans and make them as clean as possible. Notably, Austrian tennis star Dominic Thiem is also another tennis star who also uses the hashtag, #playfortheocean a lot while he posts on social media.
Meanwhile, the 37-year-old Frenchman didn’t have a great draw in his last tournament, as he had to face the no.8 seed, Casper Ruud, in his opening match. Undoubtedly, he will have a tough time in this match. However, fans are hoping to see the old Tsonga for one last time before he retires.
Tsonga’s best achievements in his career
In 2008, the Frenchman reached his first-ever Grand Slam final at the Australian Open by thrashing Rafael Nadal in the semis. Unfortunately, he lost to the Serb Novak Djokovic in the final. Despite that, he became the only Frenchman to reach a Grand Slam final in 20 years.
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In 2012, Tsonga achieved his career-high ranking, i.e. 5, and became the only Frenchman to reach the top 5 since 2002. In his career, he also became a menace against the Big Three, as won against Djokovic, Federer, and Nadal when they were no.1 in the ranking. Also, he beat them on several occasions at the Grand Slam level.
In his entire career, he won a total number of 18 titles.
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Edited by:
Deepakshi Chaudhary