Btw, Toronto courts are playing fast this year so I don't think Nadal would have survived here anyway.
Andy's biggest mistake against Tsonga was the fact that he got a bit too comfortable after leading 3-0 in the final set. He felt Tsonga wasn't going to serve big after the 1st set but he was wrong. Once he let Tsonga back in the game in the 3rd set, Andy was never able to make a break on Tsonga's serve. And that put a lot of pressure on his own serve because he obviously wasn't as focused as he was in the 1st set as far as the serves go.
In other words, Andy completely took Tsonga for granted after leading the match 3-0 and thought Tsonga would mentally collapse once again but to his surprise, he didn't and Andy had to pay the price for it. A great lesson was learned there. Hope he'll remember this match in the future.
Andy played reasonably well though but Tsonga was the better player both in 1st and 3rd sets. Andy could have won that match and perhaps now, he would have been playing the final. Wouldn't have hurt at all had he done that given his ranking but more importantly his performance this year which is in quite staggering stage.
He's now all giggly and happy at Cincy judging by recent some pictures. I do think he's mentally in a great place and too happy at the moment since he has nothing else prove to anyone. Time will tell if he wants to get out of that comfort zone and perhaps take us to another ride.