Federer demolishes Tsonga; reaches 8th straight GS Final

#1 Roger Federer totally outclassed world #10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2 6-3 6-2, to advance to the Australian 2010 men's singles final. Federer has now reached his 22nd career Grand Slam final, and advanced to his 8th straight major championship match since losing in the semifinals of the 2008 Australian Open to Novak Djokovic.

Federer dominated the match from the start, breaking Tsonga to go up 3-1 in the first set and has never looked back. He finished the match with a 33 to 13 winner to error count, a staggering ratio that spoke of a near flawless performance. Tsonga was hoping to reach his second career Grand Slam final but was overpowered by the Swiss maestro.

Federer will now take a day off to prepare for the singles finals on Sunday against world #4 Andy Murray. This will be the second major final between the two players with Federer beating Murray in the 2008 US Open.

Federer will be slightly favored to win the title. He has now reached his fifth final in the past seven years in Melbourne and will be hoping to win his fourth Australian Open trophy to add to his record haul of 15 grand slam singles titles.

Match Facts about the Federer – Tsonga semifinal:

- Total match time is 88 minutes; 1st set took 30 minutes, 2nd set took 31, and 3rd set took 27 minutes
- Federer never faced a break point and converted 5 of 10 break point opportunities
- Tsonga won a total of 54 points against 88 won by Federer
- Federer won 84% of first serve points, and an equally impressive 68% of second serve points