Very nice performance by Mr Federer. So the matches that the tournament organisers and general public were hoping for are on ....
It was a good performance from Federer but Tsonga was woeful. If Andy was fully fit I would have him as red hot favourite against Federer but it is hard to know quite what level Andy is at.
Interesting to hear that Tsonga wasn't on song as it were. the way the R5LSX commies were talking about it, it was like it was the old Fed was back, and defeated an on form Tsonga.
I agree with RJA - saw most of the match and, yes, Roger was playing very well but Tsonga looked as though his head was anywhere but where it should be - really poor.
I heard a little bit of Andy's post match press conference and reading between the lines it sounds like he thinks he is good shape. He said something like 'once you reach the QFs you are in with a chance of winning the event'. I don't want to read too much into that but it sounded quite genuine and like he thinks he is a now a genuine contender for the title.
I haven't been able to watch this until the end of the 3rd set - just in time to see Andy take it on the tiebreak
I'm still expecting a loss today but I'm really glad to see him fighting hard, and not showing any sign of pain other than the normal towards-the-end-of-a-tournament niggles.