Men’s Update from Roland Garros. June 5

Roland Garros

 

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stunned Roger Federer 7-5, 6-3, 6-3, to deny the Swiss second seed a 35th career Grand Slam semi-final. Tsonga will play next against Spain’s fourth seed David Ferrer, who rolled over compatriot Tommy Robredo 6-2, 6-1, 6-1.

Federer, who had come from two sets to love down in his previous match over Gilles Simon, fell flat against Tsonga, the last French hope at this edition as the nation prays for a home champion after a 30-year wait. Federer felt every bit of the pain that Tsonga inflicted on him in the defeat where he broke the Swiss six times and produced one more winner than Federer’s 25.

“To be honest, I’m pretty sad about the match and the way I played,” said the 2009 Paris champion. “But that’s how it goes. I tried to figure things out, but it was difficult. And Jo does a good job keeping the pressure on. He can serve his way out of trouble at times.

“He returned better than I did; served better than I did. I struggled to find my rhythm. Conditions (sunny and windy) played definitely quite different today again than the rest of the days I played. But it was exactly the same thing for him as well. He played on the same day, so there’s no excuse there. I’m just disappointed I couldn’t put in a better match today.”

Federer will now start his grass-court season next week in Halle, Germany before playing Wimbledon which begins in just under three weeks.

The determined Ferrer is one of four over-30 players who reached the quarter-finals, along with Tommy Haas (35), Federer (31) and Tommy Robredo (31). That figure equals the Open era record at the Slams. It’s the first time since the 1982 US Open that four 30-somethings have reached the last eight at a major.

Ferrer’s comprehensive win over Robredo, who won a record-equaling three consecutive matches here from two sets to love down, improved his record over his countryman to 7-2.

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of June 4, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11470

2..(2) Murray………….8310

3..(3) Federer…………7640

4..(5) Ferrer………….6740

5..(4) Nadal…………..5255

6..(6) Berdych…………4515

7..(8) Tsonga………….4155

8..(7) Del Potro……….3960

9..(9) Gasquet…………3090

10.(10) Wawrinka………..2810

11.(14) Haas……………2585

12.(11) Cilic…………..2570

13.(15) Nishikori……….2495

14.(12) Tipsarevic………2390

15.(16) Raonic………….2225

16.(13) Almagro…………2195

17.(18) Simon…………..1985

18.(19) Kohlschreiber……1885

19.(20) Querrey…………1810

20.(17) Monaco………….1740

21.(21) Isner…………..1735

22.(23) Janowicz………..1598

23.(25) Anderson………..1510

24.(24) Dolgopolov………1500

25.(26) Paire…………..1450

26.(22) Seppi…………..1440

27.(34) Robredo…………1435

28.(27) Chardy………….1416

29.(28) Dimitrov………..1400

30.(31) Youzhny…………1355

 

DRAWS

 

Roland Garros — Week of May 26

 

…………………3R……………..4R………….QF

1 Djokovic………..(1)Djokovic……..Djokovic

26 Dimitrov……….(26)Dimitrov

22 Dolgopolov……..Hanescu

16 Kohlschreiber…..(16)Kohlschreiber..Kohlschreiber

 

12 Haas…………..(12)Haas………..Haas

19 Isner………….(19)Isner

29 Youzhny………..(29)Youzhny……..Youzhny

8 Tipsarevic………(8)Tipsarevic

 

3 Nadal…………..(3)Nadal………..Nadal

27 Fognini………..(27)Fognini

24 Paire………….(24)Paire

13 Nishikori………(13)Nishikori……Nishikori

 

9 Wawrinka………..(9)Wawrinka……..Wawrinka

21 Janowicz……….(21)Janowicz

28 F Mayer………..Davydenko

7 Gasquet…………(7)Gasquet………Gasquet

 

5 Berdych…………Monfils

32 Robredo………..(32)Robredo……..Robredo……..Robredo

20 Seppi………….(20)Seppi

11 Almagro………..(11)Almagro……..Almagro

 

14 Raonic…………(14)Raonic

23 Anderson……….(23)Anderson…….Anderson

31 Granollers……..Lopez

4 Ferrer………….(4)Ferrer……….Ferrer………Ferrer

 

6 Tsonga………….(6)Tsonga……….Tsonga………Tsonga

25 Chardy…………(25)Chardy

17 Monaco…………Troicki…………Troicki

10 Cilic………….(10)Cilic

 

15 Simon………….(15)Simon……….Simon

18 Querrey………..(18)Querrey

30 Benneteau………(30)Benneteau

2 Federer…………(2)Federer………Federer…….Federer

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Djokovic

2 Federer

3 Nadal

4 Ferrer

5 Berdych…………..lost 1R (Monfils)

6 Tsonga

7 Gasquet

8 Tipsarevic………..lost 3R (Youzhny)

9 Wawrinka

10 Cilic……………lost 3R (Troicki)

11 Almagro………….lost 4R (Robredo)

12 Haas

13 Nishikori

14 Raonic…………..lost 3R (Anderson)

15 Simon……………lost 4R (Federer)

16 Kohlschreiber

17 Monaco…………..lost 1R (Gimeno-Traver)

18 Querrey………….lost 3R (Simon)

19 Isner……………lost 3R (Haas)

20 Seppi……………lost 3R (Almagro)

21 Janowicz…………lost 3R (Wawrinka)

22 Dolgopolov……….lost 1R (Tursunov)

23 Anderson…………lost 4R (Ferrer)

24 Paire……………lost 3R (Nishikori)

25 Chardy…………..lost 3R (Tsonga)

26 Dimitrov…………lost 3R (Djokovic)

27 Fognini………….lost 3R (Nadal)

28 F Mayer………….lost 1R (Istomin)

29 Youzhny

30 Benneteau………..lost 3R (Federer)

31 Granollers……….lost 1R (Lopez)

32 Robredo

 

TUESDAY

Roland Garros

Singles – Quarter-finals

[6] J Tsonga (FRA) d [2] R Federer (SUI) 75 63 63

[4] D Ferrer (ESP) d [32] T Robredo (ESP) 62 61 61

Doubles – Quarter-finals

M Llodra (FRA) / N Mahut (FRA) d [2] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) 63 16 63

P Cuevas (URU) / H Zeballos (ARG) d T Bednarek (POL) / J Janowicz (POL) 76(3) 46 61

Doubles – Third Round

[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d C Kas (GER) / O Marach (AUT) 10 ret. (Marach – right shoulder)

[7] A Peya (AUT) / B Soares (BRA) d [12] I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA) 64 64

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