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