When he is on top form, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is almost unplayable.
The 12th seed's hopes of progression looked all-but over after the opening two sets, but a tremendous display of hitting saw Tsonga turn the match around and win 3-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.That's the view of Mark Petchey after the Frenchman recovered from two sets down to beat six-time champion Roger Federer in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
The victory propelled the 26-year-old into the final four of SW19 for the first time - and extinguished Federer's hopes of a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon crown.
"You have to give credit to Tsonga," Petchey told Wimbledon Report. "He's an unbelievable athlete and it just goes to show how strong he is in the mind as well to come back from two sets down against Federer.
"He served so well and sometimes that is so demoralising as a player when you can't get into people's service games, especially when you're someone like Federer, who is used to getting into people's service games.
"We need to give a lot of credit to the Frenchman rather than look too much at the demise of Roger Federer.
"When Tsonga plays like that, as we saw when he played against [Rafael] Nadal at the Australian Open a few years back and beat him, he is almost unplayable.
"He takes the match out of your hands, no matter who you are, and he is not going to be easy for [Novak] Djokovic in the semi-final."
