Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had barely registered on the tennis radar until his trip to Melbourne Park, but entered his name into tennis folklore when he won a marathon first-set tiebreak 20-18, equalling the record for longest breaker in the tournament's history.
Yet the 212th-ranked wildcard was unable to sustain his heroics and despite being a set and 5-2 up and went down fighting to the sixth seeded Amercian.
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