Jo-Wilfried Tsonga v Rafael Nadal | Australian Open 2008 Semifinal 

this was the best tsonga's match for his entire career. every player has that on certain time

I cannot think of another match in a Grand Slam in which Nadal, who was in actually very good form and not playing badly at all, was so humiliated. Tsonga‘s volleys were just insane and his forehand vicious af!

Tsonga, delpotro on their day can hurt any players including the big 3 on non clay courts.. Big serve, big forehand, 70% of first serves in and the opponent is done & dusted... Honorable mention is Stan in this list where he can particularly decimate novak on his day

Tsonga play one of the best matches of career against Nadal in semi final Ao and agains Federer in qf of Wimbledon 2011, when he comeback from 2-0 in sets. Both of that times Djokovic destroyed him in later phase. GOAT NOLE 🐐🐐🐐

Hat off to Tsonga. I remembered checking the score when i was in college. Truly unexpected. What a performance. I was so proud.

Final 2008 in full next please!

Nobody expected this sort of dominance from a newcomer. It was a monumental upset as he just outplayed Rafa in that match

Great win for Wilfred , such a nice down to earth human being 👏😊

Tsonga’s volley was fenomenal!!!

Thanks for the upload 😊

I wish the full match of this awesomeness is uploaded...

Oh my word ! Tsonga was insanely good in that match ! Truly the best French player. From a French person that just loves tennis so much :)

15:24 If it was Djokovic not Nadal, Djokovic gave Tsonga that point not replay.

Never seen or heard of this match before. I knew he was in the finals but I never even checked to see how he got into the finals. Wow this match was an epic. How is this match not talked about?

this tsonga has the best touch ever, insane

its only me or Jo looks like Muhammed Ali in this thumbnail?

Thumbnail picture title says "2018" but it's 2008, as described in the video title.

came here after seeing his retirement speech. God i feel old now.

What a game

I loved Tsonga's style. He could have been an all-time great. But other coaches really exploited his lack of speed and figured him out.

Tu nous auras fait rêver plus d’une fois Jo 🇫🇷💪🏻

Quel match...

I remember this Tsonga. It felt like Muhammad Ali was on the court for a moment.

Wow, Tsonga also beat Murray on the first round (despite eating a donut in third set), impressive, his peak ?!

Thanks for the upload....but please get someone better to do the highlights edit. Double faults? UE's??

Even after witnessing such insane volleys from a freshman opponent, Nadal didn't applaud the quality even once. Shows the real sportsmanship and thinking of him.

1:56 what a emergency shot from Nadal, unbelievable!

Que jugador tsonga

He was as they say in the NBA in a zone! He would’ve won the AO had he played like this against Djokovic

On the eve of his retirement from a great career, do Jo a solid, Australian Open Tv...upload the entire match.

I think tsonga is one of the top player who wasted his talent. His serve is better than many top seeded, his back hand, forehand, placement are absolute outstanding.

Nadal totalmente borrado del court por un tipo que jugaba el circuito challenger. Nadie podía pensar que iba a ser 1 luego de wimbledon...

Ali bumaye

It's definitely worth noting how much Nadal's mental toughness- which was already higher than most then- has only gotten better since this match.

The transformation of Rafa between this match and the final the next year against Fed is crazy.

Love Tsonga. Love Nadal too.

One of the greatest upsets of the 21st century! Surprisingly so many of these came against Rafa only. Gonzalez AO 2007, Rosol and Dustin Brown at Wimbledon, delpo at USO. But this one was surely the most impressive.

Tsonga así es como le debe jugar a Nadal muy buen partido

Tsonga had every tool in the bag to cause damage to Nadal - Big serve, Strong reliable BH, Huge FH, but the icing on the cake was the volleying.

Time stamp - 18 minutes - Rafa 2 sets to love down - 15-40 on serve - 3rd set.. imagine if he could pull this around and win the match! Thats what he did in 2022 finals - hattss off! He was so negative in 2008- if you go back to that 3rd set in 2022, he was pumping his fists and rarely showed any negative emotions even when down.

How many times since the start of his incredible career has Rafael been so outplayed in a loss? In my opinion 5/6 times maximum. This is to say the extraordinary performance of Jo-Wilfried that day.

Power vs Power. Nadal has topspin, but Tsonga has flat strike.

I remember this match, was very shocked to see Nadal get handled like this!

22:06 🤯

Tsonga exploited Rafa's biggest weakness. Rafa always covers his backhand side on the return so it's relatively easy for a big server to simply go to the open forehand side everytime. You have to be brave to go for it time and again especially big points. But I can't understand how / why everyone didn't do this throughout Rafa's career especially on faster courts! So many easy aces / unreturned serves just due to positional factor!

Adidas boys defeated the nikes in this tournament 😁💪🖤🤍🖤🤍

Wow. Beating Nadal when he was still in full energy. What an incredible performance from Tsonga. I bet if he was born in non-Big3 era, he would achieve at least 3 or 4 GS.

Imagine Tsonga instead of Murray in the big 4

AO 2022 nadal would beat AO 2008 tsonga and nadal

Great match. I keep forgetting the time when Nadal used to wear those shorts. lol

Rafa peaked at right about 0-30 in the first game here, future looked bright... All downhill from there.

Nadal was dropping the ball really short using the forehand. That was the problem.

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Didn’t Tsonga beat Federer at Wimby also ? One his day, a great player, but fragile physically (injury prone)

Tsongagne

GoatDal casually getting destroyed by a Frenchman. What a rare sight to behold !

Rafa must be injured at that time , that is why he lost

Nadal handshake is salty af

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I remember that match . That’s how to beat Nadal .

Nadal lost this match because he was still getting acustomed to the new AeroPro Drive paintjob - little things like this can have big impact.

prime nadal gets destroyed 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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wow so nadal wasnt doing his banana forehands in 2008

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Djokovic had lucky that Tsonga won this match

Tsonga played awesome - totally destroyed and humiliated Nadal, pity Tsonga couldn't win against Djoker in the final

NadaL was injured in this match!

Rafael nadal powinien wyjechac do rosji

Nadal could have won this

U can tell by just watching this match that Nadal sucks

This outfit is one of the most ridiculous outfit ever.

(Tsonga) Yeshua Xikwembu xi ta ku nga ri khale swinene. Nibiru na tipulanete ti huma endzhaku ka Dyambu. Teka xifaniso xa dyambu hi khamera ya riqingho ra wena. Nibiru yi fana ni dyambu, naswona pulanete yo tshwuka, pulanete yo basa, pulanete yo tshwuka leyikulu swinene ni pulanete leyikulu swinene leyi nga ni xivumbeko xa DISK ku vuriwa leswaku swi huma endzhaku ka dyambu. Sweswi vanhu va ta vona laha na hala pulanete leyikulu yo basa leyi papamalaka ku fana na papa, dyambu mambirhi, pulanete yo tshwuka leyikulu swinene loko dyambu ri huma na ku pela, na nsimbi leyi langutekaka ku fana na DISK. Uta vona pulanete ya muvala wa rick (grey, silver) yi papamala exibakabakeni xo basa, uta vona xibakabaka xa purple, naswona uta vona 24K pure gold colored light yi wela exibakabakeni. Ti planet to basa tikulu swinene naswona tivonaka kufana na mihlovo yo vangama ya rainbow, naswona ivonaka kahle eka xibakabaka xale vuxeni loko dyambu rihuma. Xikwembu xi ndzi kombe xivono xa leswaku loko wo teka xifaniso xa xibakabaka, u ta vona tipulanete, naswona tipulanete ti ya ti tshinela swinene, naswona ti ya ti va erivaleni siku na siku.

This was the match of his life. It’s too bad he didn’t play like this in the final against Weakvak… it’s like Popeyes wasting his Spanish, the gummy bears wasting gummy juice, the green ranger morphing for putties and then getting destroyed by the monster when the power coin runs out of power… Tsonga used all his powers for GOATdal and had nothing left against Weakvak 😂