Tsonga showed last season that he will become great tennis player and is starting to justify it. After winning 3 setter in the first round against Hanescu, then he practically demolished, also like him, a rising stat in tennis Gulbis and number one home seed Hewitt. He is obviously playing in very good form and IMO he will a very hard nut to crack in forthcoming AO. The young Frenchman has a very good serve and very well balanced groundstrokes, which will be his strongest weapon against Nieminen. On the other side, Nieminen started with two impressive wins over Klec and Dancevic, but in QF he struggled against the American veteran Spadea; 3 TB were played. He also has a good serve, but I think his serve should be more playable, so Tsonga should have more chances to break serve. Tsonga also has a good record against the lefties; last year he won Falla, Guccione and Lopez, while he lost against Nadal in US Open. IMO Tsonga will have a very good year, and I see him at least him reaching the final in Adelaide.

Pick : Tsonga to win
Odds : 1.80
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : Ladbrokes
Date : 2008-01-04
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