PARIS (Reuters) - Roger Federer calls Jo-Wilfried Tsonga a "great friend" but received no mercy from the Frenchman who swept him aside in devastating fashion on Tuesday to boost hopes of a first home men's winner at Roland Garros since 1983.
An inspired Tsonga played like a man on a mission and Federer simply could not live with him, slumping to a chastening 7-5 6-3 6-3 French Open quarter-final defeat in front of a spellbound crowd on a sun-drenched Philippe Chatrier court.
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