9 Feb 2009

Tsonga wins in South Africa

6:11 am on 9 February 2009

Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has won his third ATP tennis title with a straight sets victory over fellow Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in the South African Open final.

The 23-year-old did not drop a set in the five matches he played en-route to the title, although he was given a stiff test by the world number 61.