Tennis

2008 champion Djokovic out in quarterfinals

Published Jan. 27, 2010 1:35 p.m. ET

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No. 3-ranked Novak Djokovic has lost to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in an Australian Open quarterfinal that reversed the result of their final here two years ago.

No. 10-seeded Tsonga won 7-6, (8), 6-7 (5), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the Wednesday night match, consigning 2008 champion Djokovic to quarterfinals exits in consecutive years.

Djokovic took a medical timeout after going down 2-0 in the fourth. He'd just dropped a service game in which he clutched at his stomach and struggling to breath.

Tsonga took control of the remaining two sets and moved into a semifinal against top-ranked Roger Federer.

Djokovic retired in the fourth set of his 2009 quarterfinal against Andy Roddick due to heat-related illness.

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