TENNIS: Davydenko knocks Tsonga out of The Boodles Challenge

Wimbledon’s ninth seed was knocked out of the Boodles Challenge tennis tournament yesterday by Russian Nicolay Davydenko, who will now play in tomorrow's final.
 
Spectators were treated to two sets of fantastic tennis with both players testing each other to the extreme on the grass.  With the match tied at one set all, the players fought it out in a championship tie-breaker eventually ending in 11-9. 
 
The rain delay on Wednesday meant that Philipp Kohlschreiber and Viktor Troicki kicked off play for the spectators at Stoke Park yesterday.  The young Serb came out onto the court with a 3-0 advantage and quickly tied up the first set at 6-3. Kohlschreiber however came back to take the second with ease and closed out the game in a championship tie-breaker ending at 10-4.
 
In the other matches of the day, the crowd were yet again treated to a deciding championship tie-breaker between Fernando Gonzalez and Feliciano Lopez. They endured an arduous contest with the Chilean ending the decider at 10-8. 
 
Russian Evgeny Korolev gave an impressive performance against Great Britain’s young Dan Evans in a straight sets victory at 6-2, 6-4.
  
Nikolay Davdydenko said: "I am surprised. It was a very hard match; especially the tie-break but I played some good shots. It makes me more confident for next week by playing here at Boodles and I’m really enjoying myself.”