Andy Murray takes on Tsonga at table tennis after final is rained off
Andy Murray resorted to playing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at table tennis after their Aegon Championships final was rained off on Sunday
Frenchman Tsonga won their ping pong showdown two sets to one, while Murray’s chance to win his second Queen’s title was re-scheduled for today at 12.30pm.
‘It’s been very frustrating,’ said tournament boss Chris Kermode.
‘We still have a fantastic day to look forward to on Monday and the weather forecast looks promising.’
It will the third time the tournament has been decided on a Monday.
John McEnroe won in 1979 and Boris Becker claimed the second of his four titles in 1987 – neither went on to triumph at Wimbledon in the same year, however.
And Murray will hope neither that, nor the table tennis result, will prove a bad omen for his assault on SW19.
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