nadal forced to find an extra gear to overcome tsonga
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Nadal forced to find an extra gear to overcome Tsonga

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World No 2 Rafa Nadal was pushed all the way by France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga before finally emerging with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory to earn a place in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open here on Wednesday. Nadal next faces fourth-seeded Briton Andy Murray, who rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Serbian Janko Tipsarevic. After winning his first set comfortably, Nadal was within two points of victory in the second but then the towering Tsonga began his brave resistance. Tsonga broke, helped along by an untimely double-fault from Nadal, and then claimed the set with a magnificent forehand return winner. The third set produced some highly-entertaining tennis and the Frenchman combined explosive shots, deft slices and glorious backhand work around the net to stay in touch with the Spaniard. Tsonga came close to breaking in the sixth game but Nadal held his nerve and for all the ebbs and flows of what had become a real battle, the pair remained on serve until the ninth game. Decisive break Nadal made the decisive break when Tsonga failed to keep a cross-court forehand in play and although the Frenchman staved off match points, the second seed claimed the two hour, 49 minute contest when his opponent dumped another forehand into the net. The Spaniard said he had made the mistake of playing defensively after he broke in the second set. "Before that Jo had many more mistakes than usual and that made it less complicated for me. But when he started to play better I started to play defensively," said Nadal, who expects another tough encounter against Murray. "It is always hard against Andy. He is a player who pushes you all the way. I certainly need to make sure I recover well now," he added. Murray also suffered a scare as the world No 4 trailed by a set and a break before receiving medical attention for what appeared to be a stomach problem. The Scot then promptly turned the match around as he broke ninth seed Tipsarevic in the next game and went on to clinch the second set. Struggling with his backhand throughout, Murray racked up 34 unforced errors but was able to break in the third game of the final set and held firm with his serve to ensure a last-four showdown against Nadal. Murray said after the game that his health problem was almost certainly related to drinking too much before the game.

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