update Tsonga out of tune and out of the tournament
update Tsonga out of tune and out of the tournament
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Stewart Fisher
A large obstacle was removed from Andy Murray's potential path to US Open glory as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the No.5 seed and the Scot's likely quarter-final opponent, crashed out to little-heralded Slovak Martin Klizan.
The Frenchman, a Wimbledon semi-finalist this year, was playing on his preferred Louis Armstrong Stadium, but went down 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 to the world No.52, who had previously won only one other match at Flushing Meadows. The man credited with the biggest shock of the tournament thus far was beaten earlier this year by GB's Dan Evans in a decisive Davis Cup rubber in Glasgow.
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