Tsonga on playing Challenger tournaments as comeback preparation: ‘Playing in Challenger tournaments helped me find the reasons why I was playing tennis again’

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is one of the most well known players in the modern era in tennis but like Andy Murray in his comeback from injury, he used the Challenger events to fuel the fire.

Tsonga said that it helped him find a reason to play again and that the conditions are difficult. This goes from the players all the way down to the crowd who are there so for the Frenchman, there was no better preparation for getting match practice again.

"The reason why I went there was to have matches under my belt, but it was also many other things," Tsonga said while competing at the Rolex Paris Masters last week.

"Playing in Challenger tournaments helped me find the reasons why I was playing tennis again. The conditions are always more difficult. There's always a battle. You meet with players who are dreaming of being great champions. And even the crowd that is attending is a different crowd."

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