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Posted at 12:54 a.m., Thursday, January 24, 2008

Tennis: Nadal loses to unseeded Tsonga in Australia

By Paul Alexander
Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Second-ranked Rafael Nadal was dominated in stunning fashion today by unheralded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who reached the Australian Open finals with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory.

Nadal played well against the 38th-ranked Tsonga, who had never made it past the fourth round of a Grand Slam before. But the Frenchman was virtually untouchable, smashing 17 aces against one of the best serve returners in the game.

He will face the winner of Friday's semifinal between top-ranked Roger Federer and No. 3 Novak Djokovic.