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Nadal holds off Tsonga to make semis

Associated Press

Friday, February 13, 2009

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Top-ranked Rafael Nadal withstood 26 aces from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-4 and earn a semifinals berth at the ABN Amro on Friday. Despite Tsonga's flurry of aces, Nadal had the only break chances in the first and second sets. He converted one chance in the first, and missed two in the second, losing the set in a tiebreaker. Nadal jumped 2-0 ahead in the third set, and while he finally lost a serve, he couldn't be caught in a match that lasted 2 hou ...

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