World's No.2 Nadal Taken Out By Unseeded Tsonga | Australian Open

Rafael Nadal could not have seen this coming. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga from France put on a brilliant show which stunned and defeated the world's No.2 Nadal in three sets 6-2-,63-6-2.

22 years old, and only in his fifth Grand Slam, Tsonga astonished the crowd and surprised himself. He admitted that it was “unbelievable”.

This tournament has been producing some surprises.

This is probably good news for Federer, unless Tsonga has his magic going again in the final.

World No.2 Rafael Nadal Suffers Foot Injury

A little bit of mystery seems to be surrounding the true nature of Rafael Nadal's foot problem. It seems he's been suffering from a foot injury for a couple of years. That hasn't slowed him down much.

He's a powerful player, but somehow he seems short on finesse. At least, as it appears to me. I don't enjoy watching unrelenting brute force over an extended period of time. However, at the end of the day (or of the match, perhaps I should say) it's the final score that counts.


His coach has remarked that Nadal's injury is "very serious". We will see whether his condition will tone him down a bit, at least in the short term.