Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was a power player, and we admired his shot making. Unfortunately, injury has plagued him for most of his latter career; still, he had a good run. Tsonga won 18 ATP singles titles, two of which were Masters 1000 events. He is one of three men to beat Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal while they were ranked number one. Although he did not win a major, he came pretty close. In 2008, he was the runner up at the Australian Open and he made the semifinals in two consecutive years at Wimbledon.

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Tsonga’s Last Battle On The Terre Battue

He fought as he always does, and perhaps he fought even harder knowing this was his last tournament. He pushed the eight seed, Casper Ruud, to four sets. Tsonga won the first set in a tiebreaker; however, he could not win the other two tiebreakers and he lost 7-6(6), 6-7(4), 2-6, 6-7(0). He leaves having achieved a career high ranking of number five in 2012, more important, he leaves being content that he played tennis “as a human and happy.”

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How The Other Seeds Fared On Day 3

[14] Denis Shapovalov got a little bit of his own medicine, when he was upset by the nineteen-year-old Holger Rune. Despite a little wobble at the end, Rune won 6-3, 6-1, 7-6(4). Frenchman Hugo Gaston gave the French crowd something to cheer about when he upset [19] Alex De Minaur 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 0-6, 7-6(4).

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Which Americans Won And Which Said Goodbye On Day 3

[9] Danielle Collins dispatched of lucky loser, Viktoriya Tomova, 6-0, 6-4. [11]Jessica Pegula needed ten match points before she finally shook off the persistent Qiang Wang [6-2, 6-4]. [22] Madison Keys had a three-set victory over Anna Kalinskaya [6-3, 3-6, 6-4]. Shelby Rogers defeated Tereza Martincova 6-4, 6-3. Madison Brengle defeated Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1, 6-2 and wildcard, Katie Volynets, defeated Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 2-6, 6-1.

[24] Frances Tiafoe almost complicated things for himself; however, he righted the ship just in time to win 7-5, 7-5, 7-6(5). [27] Sebastian Korda had a fight on his hands with John Millman, but managed to win 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(6).

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It was a bittersweet return for Taylor Townsend, who lost to Caroline Garcia 3-4. [30] Tommy Paul did not fare well either. After winning the first set, Paul lost the next three sets 1-2-3. Claire Liu lost to [24] Tamara Zidansek 2-6, 2-6. Bjorn Fratangelo lost to [11] Jannik Sinner 3-2-3, while Hailey Baptiste retired in her match to lose 2-5 to Anhelina Kalinina.

AMERICAN PLAYERS ARE UNDERLINED

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