<p>There will be no Roger Federer in the semifinals of the French Open for only the second time in nine years after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga produced a rip-roaring performance to beat the Swiss 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. <br /><br />Twelve months after blowing four match points at the same stage against Novak Djokovic, Tsonga made sure he had a much easier ride as he sparked wild jubilations on Chatrier Court by downing a player who is used to being a fan favourite no matter where he plays. </p>.<p>A backhand long from Federer on match point handed Tsonga a place in the last four at Roland Garros for the first time as Federer made a quick exit from the arena where he had held aloft the Musketeers' Cup in 2009. </p>.<p>Tsonga will next face fourth seed David Ferrer as comeback king Tommy Robredo lost an all-Spanish quarterfinal against ruthless Ferrer 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. </p>.<p>The 31-year-old had recovered two-set deficits in all three of his previous rounds at Roland Garros but Ferrer was rock solid as he thrashed his countryman in one hour 25 minutes. </p>.<p>Earlier, Serena Williams came back from the brink and extended her winning streak to 29 matches, beating Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals to continue her run towards a second title. <br /><br />The World No 1, who won her only Roland Garros title in 2002, saw off three double break points in the decider and played some beautiful tennis to set up a semifinal meeting with fifth seed Sara Errani. <br /><br />The Italian beat fourth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). <br />After strolling through her first four rounds and the opening set, 15-time Grand Slam champion Williams came up against a streak of forehand winners from Kuznetsova, the 2009 French Open winner. <br /><br />The American fell 2-0 behind in the third before winning five games in a row, wrapping up victory with a forehand volley after nearly two hours of a see-saw contest. <br /><br />Kuznetsova huffed and puffed and looked in agony while Serena whizzed into a one-set lead in less than half an hour. <br /><br />The Russian, unseeded in Paris for the first time since 2003, talked to herself and looked up to the sky. She took a break to be treated off court by the trainer and everything changed. <br /><br />The string of forehand unforced errors suddenly turned in to a series of forehand winners that more than once left Williams helpless. <br /><br />Sania, Bethanie pull out<br /><br />Indian challengers continued to exit as Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands were forced to retire from their pre-quarterfinals following a groin problem to the latter.</p>.<p>Sania and Bethanie had annexed the first set but the American encountered a groin issue in the second set and eventually they pulled out with score reading 7-6 (7-0), 3-5 against Anastasia Pavlyuch-enkova and Lucie Safarova.<br /><br />Paes and Jelena Jankovic fought hard before their mixed doubles second round 5-7, 7-6 (7-1), 2-10 against eighth seeded team of American Liezel Huber and Brazilian Marcelo Melo. Paes and Jankovic lost in one hour and 30 minutes. <br /><br />Results (prefix denotes seeding, quarterfinals): Men’s singles: 6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt 2-Roger Federer (Sui) 7-5, 6-3, 6-3; 4-David Ferrer (Esp) bt 32-Tommy Robredo (Esp) 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. Women’s singles: 1-Serena Williams bt Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; 5-Sara Errani bt 4-Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).</p>
<p>There will be no Roger Federer in the semifinals of the French Open for only the second time in nine years after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga produced a rip-roaring performance to beat the Swiss 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. <br /><br />Twelve months after blowing four match points at the same stage against Novak Djokovic, Tsonga made sure he had a much easier ride as he sparked wild jubilations on Chatrier Court by downing a player who is used to being a fan favourite no matter where he plays. </p>.<p>A backhand long from Federer on match point handed Tsonga a place in the last four at Roland Garros for the first time as Federer made a quick exit from the arena where he had held aloft the Musketeers' Cup in 2009. </p>.<p>Tsonga will next face fourth seed David Ferrer as comeback king Tommy Robredo lost an all-Spanish quarterfinal against ruthless Ferrer 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. </p>.<p>The 31-year-old had recovered two-set deficits in all three of his previous rounds at Roland Garros but Ferrer was rock solid as he thrashed his countryman in one hour 25 minutes. </p>.<p>Earlier, Serena Williams came back from the brink and extended her winning streak to 29 matches, beating Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals to continue her run towards a second title. <br /><br />The World No 1, who won her only Roland Garros title in 2002, saw off three double break points in the decider and played some beautiful tennis to set up a semifinal meeting with fifth seed Sara Errani. <br /><br />The Italian beat fourth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). <br />After strolling through her first four rounds and the opening set, 15-time Grand Slam champion Williams came up against a streak of forehand winners from Kuznetsova, the 2009 French Open winner. <br /><br />The American fell 2-0 behind in the third before winning five games in a row, wrapping up victory with a forehand volley after nearly two hours of a see-saw contest. <br /><br />Kuznetsova huffed and puffed and looked in agony while Serena whizzed into a one-set lead in less than half an hour. <br /><br />The Russian, unseeded in Paris for the first time since 2003, talked to herself and looked up to the sky. She took a break to be treated off court by the trainer and everything changed. <br /><br />The string of forehand unforced errors suddenly turned in to a series of forehand winners that more than once left Williams helpless. <br /><br />Sania, Bethanie pull out<br /><br />Indian challengers continued to exit as Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands were forced to retire from their pre-quarterfinals following a groin problem to the latter.</p>.<p>Sania and Bethanie had annexed the first set but the American encountered a groin issue in the second set and eventually they pulled out with score reading 7-6 (7-0), 3-5 against Anastasia Pavlyuch-enkova and Lucie Safarova.<br /><br />Paes and Jelena Jankovic fought hard before their mixed doubles second round 5-7, 7-6 (7-1), 2-10 against eighth seeded team of American Liezel Huber and Brazilian Marcelo Melo. Paes and Jankovic lost in one hour and 30 minutes. <br /><br />Results (prefix denotes seeding, quarterfinals): Men’s singles: 6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt 2-Roger Federer (Sui) 7-5, 6-3, 6-3; 4-David Ferrer (Esp) bt 32-Tommy Robredo (Esp) 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. Women’s singles: 1-Serena Williams bt Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; 5-Sara Errani bt 4-Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).</p>