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Tsonga in the final against Federer 27.11.2011

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will try to stop the winning streak of Roger Federer in today's final tournament in London. In the second semifinal match Frenchman had a 6-3, 7-5 over Tomas Berdych and thus for the first time in his career, recording three wins over Top 8 players from the male elite.

Tsonga did not betray his style and was aggressive throughout, with the exception of a few games of the second set of control events on the court and earned his participation in the final.

The battle for the title today at 19:30 hours when Tsonga and Federer will go for the 11th time against each other. Federer has the advantage (7:3) in a match so far as curious is that for 7 of them were clashes in the 2011 season.

Bookmakers and this time Federer considered an absolute favorite in the match. Undoubtedly the most memorable duel between the two was at Wimbledon, when the Frenchman beat his opponent after trailing 0-2 in sets. Several weeks later, Tsonga won again, this time on "Masters 1000" event in Montreal.

Another extremely interesting moment accompanies the final match. The fact that Tsonga and Federer are among the worst performing players at the end of the season is shown by the statistics - they will play in the third consecutive Sundays. In the first case they are subject of heated debate in the trophy "Bercy", and the second open final "Masters" in London. Winner in both cases went Federer.

The finale will undoubtedly be very special for Roger Federer, who could become the first 6 titles in the Final Tournament. Last year Federer beat in the finals then â„– 1 Rafael Nadal.

"Good news" for Tsonga is that