Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga meet for the 13th time on Saturday as they battle for a spot in the fourth round at Wimbledon.
Date: July 6, 2019
Match time: Rafa is second match on Center Court. Around 2.30 PM local time / 9.30 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 2.30 PM BST – United Kingdom / 3.30 PM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / 11.30 PM AEDT – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
The two have met 12 times, with Rafal leading their H2H series 8-4. Tsonga won their only grass-court matchup at the 2011 Queen’s Club.
Rafa’s coach Francisco Roig on the match:
Rafa and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga know each other well. Tsonga possesses a strong serve and powerful groundstrokes. He plays at another level when the stakes and emotions are high, and he’s shown his grass-court prowess in the past. Rafa will need to perform at his best again if he’s to get past Tsonga and into the fourth round. Everything happens so fast on grass and if you let your foot off the pedal for a moment or lose focus, things can spiral out of control very quickly. From start to finish, Rafa must be 100 per cent in control and fully attentive. That’s easy for me to say, of course, but if anyone can perform in that manner for the entirety of a match, it’s Rafa.
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Source: ATP Tour
A lovely match and win for our man
YES! HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!
Into week two for Rafa. Rest well for next week because it may be tougher than week one. I hope NOT.
RAFAMAZING ROCKS
Second set in the bag. YAWN… anyone else watching this? Finish him off now Rafa… don’t need no drama!
Rafa 8 Aces, Tsonga 5 Aces
Keep it going champ!!!
First set in the bag. Brilliant from our champ! Keep up the intensity Rafa, send Tsonga back to his cute girlfriend quick!
Okay here we go! Rafa with the early break ad looking good! 3-1
Best of Luck Rafa.
Best of Luck & Vamos Rafa..!
The victory against Kirigos has shown you will and skill , which with take you to 19th Grand slam,I am sure
OLA OLA OLA OLA OLA OLA OLA AND GOOD EVENING SWEETHEART!!!!!!!:) FIRST OF ALL VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!:) VAMOS SWEETHEART!!!!!:) HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING ALL THE GREAT GORGEOUS TENNIS YOU PUT FORTH!!!!!!!!!!:) A BRIGHT TENNIS GENIUS AND SUCH A CLASSY GOOD PERSON!!!!!!:) I LISTENED TO YOUR LAST POST MATCH PRESS INTERVIEW 3 TIMES…..EVEN TO THE SPANISH PART!!!!!:) MY HUSBAND SAID THE PRESS LOVES YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE INTELLIGENT AND HAVE WISE THINGS TO SAY. WI……WI……..WI……..AND CI………CI……..CI……. I AM IMPRESSED BY YOUR PRECIOUS STRONG PRESENCE AND ALL THE THE SOLID IMPROVEMENTS YOU MAKE SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!:) AMAZING WORK ETHIC!!!!!!:) WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR BRILLIANT EFFORTS AND PRECIOUS HARD WORK !!!!!!!!!:) VAMOS SWEETHEART AND GO RAFA GO……YOU ARE MAGNIFICENT OUT THERE!!!!!:) WE LOVE YOU SWEETHEART AND LOVE YOUR PRECIOUS FOCUS ONLY ON WHAT MATTERS……EFFECTIVE ENERGIZING STRATEGY IS GIVING YOURSELF EXTRA SWEET RECHARGING SLEEP TIME
I KNOW YOU KNOW BUT I WAS THINKING THE WAY TO COUNTER THE DRAW IS BY SHOWING UP FULLY CHARGED WITH YOUR PRECIOUS SPANISH HEAD HIGH AND BE CHARGED UP AND STAND STRONG WITH AMPLE OF ENERGY TO COUNTER ANY ACCUMILTIVE ENERGY EFFECT .
TELL KIND RAFAEL TO MASSAGE YOU EXTRA ….EXTRA…..!!!!!!!:) THE GREAT NEWS IS YOUR BLESSED ENDURANCE SWEETHEART IS BRILLIANT AND IT IS WITH YOU EVERY SECOND AND SO I TRUST YOU KNOW JUST RIGHT WHAT TO DO!!!!!!!!:) ENJOY EVERYTHING SWEETHEART!!!!!:) VERY EXCITING TO WATCH YOU PLAY!!!!!!!!!!:) YOU ARE SPECTACULAR WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL STRONG FITNESS AND YOUR PRECIOUS SPEED AND MOVEMENT AND YOUR VERY BEAUTIFUL EFFECTIVE SERVE AND FEISTY AGGRESSIVE POWERFUL RETURNS AND GORGEOUS NET MAGIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!:) HAVE LOTS OF FUN!!!!!!:) HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND A BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW!!!!!:) IT WILL A GREAT MATCH FOR YOU!!!!!!:) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) KEEP SMILING SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
All the best against JW Tsonga tomorrow Rafa!
Vamos💪🍀❤️
Best of luck in the next round🍀👏💪👍❤️We know you are match tough.
Wishing you all the very best of luck tomorrow Rafa, Vamos our King x
Rafa’s been staying on course… raising his level on grass one match at a time … playing with focus
and precision … He’s in all business mode and I’m loving it!!
Jo Willie is a nice guy but he’s not happy he has Rafa tomorrow and rightfully so…
Rafa will raise the level another notch and send Tsonga home…
Keep chopping wood Rafael….one match at a time!!
VAMOS RAFA!!!!!
Another match Rafa… bring the 100% focus and intensity, and you’ll be in the fourth round. Stay healthy champ!
Happy to see you in 3R. Keep that high level of confidence you now have and BEST of luck. Don’t let Tsonga trip you up.
RAFA ROCKS
Shees, Compared to DjokoRoof draw Rafa is insanely difficult. Probably Roger would be already out if the Wimby strange men respected ATP seeds.
Vamos Rafa! You can beat ’em all… roof included!
Good luck and have fun tomorrow. Vamos Rafa <3
Rafa you are not only the best player
I have ever seen. You are such a wonderful person!
I love to watch you play!
All good things
Vamos Rafa
Rafa is playing well which means he is serving big and keeping his unforced errors to a minimum . I see momentum is with Rafa and Tsonga is a tough but managable opponent . Rafa will win this match unless Tsonga plays over his head ! Vamos Rafa !
As always wishing you the best. Playing well and starting to get alot of confidence back. Now that you beat kiros. You can make to championship day and win. My Mr tennis. Keep the Matador.
Vamos Rafa
Incredible win and intensity yesterday! So fun to watch! Looking forward to your match tomorrow! Go Rafa!
Come on Rafa! You’ve got this!