Federer Beats Tsonga To Cap Chaotic Day At Open

Roger Federer got another chance at Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a Grand Slam quarterfinal—and beat him. Now Novak Djokovic gets another shot at Federer.

Federer reached his eighth consecutive semifinal at the U.S. Open by beating Frenchman Tsonga 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday night in a match delayed about 1 ½ hours by rain in the first set.

At Wimbledon in late June, Tsonga upset 16-time major champion Federer in the quarterfinals after dropping the first two sets. Until that loss, Federer was unbeaten in 178 matches when taking a two-set lead in a Grand Slam match.

“It’s true, the Wimbledon match does come back into your mind, especially when he’s got break point in the third, and you’re wondering if it will be like Wimbledon,” Federer said. “But I was able to come out of that one.”

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