Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Andy Murray fear factor: "I used to pray not to be on the same part of the draw"

Jo-Wiflried Tsonga was pretty clear when asked about the opponent he never wanted to face and it's Andy Murray as he prayed not to face him in draws.

Tsonga and Murray played plenty of times until the French player retired this year and Murray leads 14-2. Tsonga managed only two victories in 16 matches and he really didn't like playing Tsonga. Speaking to the ATP Radio Podcast, Tsonga settled on Murray as the toughest opponent he faced:

"It's difficult to say who is the toughest opponent, but one who gave me a hard time was Andy Murray, he beat me so many times and it was difficult. Every time when I saw the draw I was praying to be in another part."

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Tsonga played a very aggressive style and Murray was really strong in countering that with his game. Speaking further on tennis and his retirement, Tsonga said:

"Tennis took up 100% of my time. All of my time was dedicated to that and suddenly it's empty. There's nothing left, there's no longer the atmosphere, the hot stadiums. It's true that it was a bit hard the first 2 months, but now it's fine."