Tsonga planning a move to Switzerland
Well, it isn’t Monaco…
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is looking into moving to Switzerland, officials in the state of Vaud said Tuesday.
The Frenchman, who defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinal of the Australian Open last week, requested residence papers to settle in the village of La Rippe, near the southwestern town of Nyon, said Philippe Pareaz, the president of the village.
The papers have not been signed yet, he added. But Pareaz said the 22-year-old player has taken a lease on a studio in La Rippe.
If Tsonga moves to Switzerland he will join a sizeable community of former and current French tennis players to settle here, including Amelie Mauresmo, Marion Bartoli, Richard Gasquet, Arnaud Clement, Fabrice Santoro and Guy Forget. SI
