Djokovic knocked out in straight sets by Tsonga in Toronto Masters third round

World number one Novak Djokovic slumped to a straight set 6-2, 6-2 defeat to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Toronto Masters third round on Thursday.

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 French 13th seed. The Serb finished with 18 unforced errors and dropped serve four times.

Djokovic came to Canada having won five of the last six Masters events he had contested, which makes Thursday's loss only his fifth of the season against 38 wins, Sport24 reported.

Djokovic said that he did not play even close to what he intended before going to the court, and added that just nothing was going, no baseline, no serve and no return.

Djokovic added that confidence is the hardest thing to get but easiest thing to lose. He said that matches like this can really play with ones mind. But, he also added that in the end of the day it is not the first match and last match that he lost in his career.

Tsonga's victory has marked the third time that the Frenchman has beaten a world number one after putting out Rafael Nadal at Queen's three years ago and defeating Roger Federer in Canada in 2009.

Tsonga also fired eight aces in victory and next plays Andy Murray who made the quarterfinals without hitting a ball when scheduled opponent Richard Gasquet, the French 12th seed, withdrew with an abdominal strain.

Tsonga said that for him it was great, he played a good match. He added that he was in a good condition from the start, served pretty well and was pretty aggressive.

Tsonga said that when one plays against Djokovic one knows that it's going to be difficult, adding that even if the score seemed easy, it's never easy against him.