One year… and then that’s it? This is the question that fans of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga may ask themselves. Especially when they learned that the 38-year-old French tennis player was coming out of retirement just a year ago. Indeed, on May 24, 2022, the semi-finalist of the Grand Slam tournament of the 2013 edition publicly announced the end of his career.
An announcement made on the center court, just after a defeat against the Norwegian Casper Ruud. For the occasion, the organizers prepared a ceremony after the match with the relatives of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as well as his former Davis Cup teammates to pay tribute to him. But now a year after this ceremony, the 38-year-old French sportsman will already be making his return to Porte d’Auteuil. However, it will not be to kick the ball but rather do like some of its predecessors.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga joins a great team for Roland-Garros
Indeed, like Marion Bartoli, Nicolas Escudé, or Sébastien Grosjean, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will become a consultant for Amazon Prime Video. The platform has become a broadcaster of the Roland-Garros tournament, in addition to France Télévisions. In fact, the recent retiree joins the team of specialists made up of Marion Bartoli, Arnaud Clément, Guy Forget, Tatiana Golovin, Pauline Parmentier or even Fabrice Santoro.
An announcement that he publicly made on his Instagram account this Wednesday, May 10, with great happiness: “Looking forward to returning to service at Roland-Garros as a Prime Video consultant, one year after this unforgettable moment shared with you”, he wrote, smiling and holding a microphone in the photo that accompanies the ad. Hoping that the companion of Noura El Swekh quickly takes his marks on the other side of the court to, why not, attend a French victory at the tournament.
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