After almost two decades, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ended his professional career at the 2022 Roland Garros as Big Four - Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray paid tribute to the Frenchman.
For many years the Big Four and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga shared the same court as often it was them who stopped him from winning a Grand Slam title which he never managed to win. At the 2008 Australian Open, Novak Djokovic stopped the Frenchman in the final, and in 2011 in the semifinals of Wimbledon. Andy Murray defeated him also in the semifinals of Wimbledon the very next year.
At the 2022 Roland Garros, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played his last match as he lost to Casper Ruud in the first round. It looked like the Frenchman could win the match as he won the first set and reached the tie-break in the second, but eventually he lost the match in the fourth set after getting injured.
Many great French players like Gael Monfils, Benoit Paire, Gilles Simon or Richard Gasquet came to congratulate their colleague on the court after the match, but also Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray paid tribute to their colleague through an emotional video.
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