Toronto: World No 1 Novak Djokovic slumped to a 2-6, 2-6 defeat to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round of the Toronto Masters on Thursday while Roger Federer advanced with a tight victory.
<img title="Novak Djokovic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/oct/Djokovic0908.jpg" alt="Novak Djokovic" /> Novak Djokovic leaves Stadium Court after his elimination at the hands of Jo-Wilfred Tsonga at Rexall Centre. Pic/Getty Images.
Newly married Djokovic, who needed almost three hours to get past Gael Monfils in his opening tie this week, looked under-prepared against Tsonga, the 13th seed.
The Serb was joined on the sidelines by his doubles partner Stan Wawrinka, with the Australian Open winner losing to Kevin Anderson 7-6 (10/8), 7-5. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t play even close to what I intended before going to the court, just nothing was going &mdash; no baseline, no serve, no return,&rdquo; said Djokovic.
&ldquo;It was just generally a very bad day, very poor performance. I couldn&rsquo;t do much.&rdquo; Djokovic cut a disconsolate figure after his surprisingly heavy loss. &ldquo;Obviously I feel disappointment and I&rsquo;m trying to understand what I did wrong. Confidence is the hardest thing to get but easiest thing to lose. Matches like this can really play with your mind,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t feel exhausted or something like that, but even in the first match (almost three hours against Monfils) I was not feeling very comfortable on the court. I wasn&rsquo;t hitting the ball clean and made a lot of unforced errors.&rdquo;
Federer was meanwhile forced to the limit by Marin Cilic, with the second seed claiming a 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 win.

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