Comeback Kids: Djokovic, Federer Both Storm Back To Win In 5 Sets

French Open 2012: The Quarterfinals Have Lived Up To Their Billing Thus Far

Can Nicolas Almagro slug his way past the ultimate clay-court slugger, Rafael Nadal? Can Andy Murray limp all the way to the semis? Can one of two women pull a huge upset?

French Open Results: Novak Djokovic Comes Back To Top Tsonga In 5

No. 1 Novak Djokovic came back from a 2-1 deficit in his quarterfinal match against No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2012 French Open to pull out a 6-1, 5-7, 5-7, 7-6 (14), 6-1, win and advance to the semifinals at Roland Garros. He will take on No. 3 Roger Federer in the next round, himself a five-set, come-from-behind winner on Tuesday.

Djokovic appeared to be on his way to an easy victory after a dominant first set in which he won 25 of the 34 points played, and notched six winners to just one for his opponent. Tsonga regained his form and began teeing off as Djokovic scored on just 30 percent of his second serves. Djokovic's first serve percentage fell from 71 to just 60 percent from second to third set, and he continued to struggle with his second serve, scoring on just 35 percent. Tsonga won a majority of the points played in the set for the first time in the match, and the upset was on.

Djokovic's serve regained its form in a tense fourth set, however. Djokovic saved match point twice while serving down 5-4 and 6-5. Down 4-3 in the tiebreak, he was able to take two straight points after Tsonga missed his first serve twice in a row. He would win the tiebreak 8-6 to force a definitive fifth set. From there, Djokovic cruised. He won on 54 percent of Tsonga's first serves to break the Frenchman twice. He won match point with a back hand down the line that Tsonga didn't even bother to chase.

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French Open Scores: Novak Djokovic Saves Match Points, Forces 5th Set

Novak Djokovic has fought back from 2-1 down against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to force a fifth set in their French Open quarterfinal. Tsonga played poorly in the first set and looked unable to challenge Djokovic, but rallied back to win the next two sets. Djokovic didn't look all the way back to his old self in the fourth set, but fought off four match points and eventually won the set in a tiebreak. It's 6-1, 5-7, 5-7, 7-6 after four sets.

With the set on serve and Tsonga up 5-4, he had two set points on Djokovic's serve, but Djokovic fought both of them off and won the game. The same situation presented itself at 6-5, with Djokovic facing two match points on his serve again, but he fought off both of them again to force the tiebreak.

Throughout the match, Tsonga's serve has gotten progressively stronger while Djokovic's has gotten less effective. Tsonga has improved his winning percentage on his first serve in each successive set and his first serve percentage improved from the third set to the fourth. Djokovic has gone in the other direction, winning a lower percentage of his first serve points in each successive set. That trend was continuing into the tiebreak, until Djokovic turned things around at 4-3 in favor of Tsonga.

Up a mini-break, Tsonga missed his first serve twice in a row and Djokovic won both points, turning the tables and going up 5-4. Djokovic won his next service point, putting himself up 6-4 and creating two set points. Tsonga impressively fought off both of them to make it 6-6, but dropped the next two points to give Djokovic the 8-6 tiebreak win.

There's a bit of drizzle at Roland Garros at the moment, but there hasn't been enough rain to stop the match. In a bizarre decision, French Open officials decided not to clean off the lines on the court between sets out of fear that the lines would become too slippery for the match to continue.

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French Open Results: Roger Federer Storms Back To Beat Del Potro In 5

Juan Martin Del Potro played wonderful defense-to-offense tennis in the first two sets of his French Open quarterfinal match with Roger Federer, and he took 13 of the first 22 games because of it. But his serve began to spray, and an angry Roger Federer tamped down on the errors, and Federer came back to win, 3-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-0, 6-3.

Tennis is not big on stats, but the limited numbers available tell you all you need to know about this one:

Winners (First Two Sets): Federer 19, Del Potro 15
Winners (Last Three Sets): Federer 40, Del Potro 18

Unforced Errors (First Two Sets): Federer 28, Del Potro 22
Unforced Errors (Last Three Sets): Del Potro 20, Federer 15

1st Serve Percentage (First Two Sets): Del Potro 61%, Federer 50%
1st Serve Percentage (Last Three Sets): Federer 64%, Del Potro 54%

Federer teed off on Del Potro’s second serve all day, but it didn’t matter until Del Potro started regularly missing his first serve. But Del Potro clearly lost his edge after winning the second-set tie-breaker (we don’t know how much of a role a potentially tweaky knee played yet), and Federer was nearly flawless. As a result, Federer advances to play the winner of the ongoing, epic match between Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilifried Tsonga.

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French Open Scores: Roger Federer Evens Quarterfinal Match At Two Sets Apiece

The wheels have come flying off, figuratively and almost literally, for Juan Martin del Potro in the French Open quarterfinals. After playing nearly flawless tennis and winning two sets versus Roger Federer, del Potro has lost 12 of the last 14 games, dropping the third and fourth sets, 6-2, 6-0. The Argentine received treatment for his knee, while an angry Federer went into Beast Mode.

Here are the only fourth-set stats you need to know:

Winners: Federer 13, Del Potro 2
Unforced Errors: Del Potro 8, Federer 0

Tennis at the French Open is long and arduous. If del Potro regains his form, he can take the match like the third and fourth sets never happened. The fifth set is underway, with Federer winning the first game on his serve.

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Novak Djokovic Down 2-1 After Hot Start In French Open Quarterfinal

The No. 1 men's tennis player in the world is in a 2-1 hole in his French Open quarterfinal matchup against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Novak Djokovic got off to an extremely impressive start, crushing Tsonga 6-1 in the opening set of the match, but Tsonga has willed his way back into the match with a partisan crowd behind him. After three sets, Tsonga leads Djokovic 1-6, 7-5, 7-5.

In the first set, Tsonga made a number of unforced errors and looked frustrated by Djokovic's defense as the Serbian coasted to a first set win. Tsonga made 12 unforced errors in the first seven games of the match, compared to a total of 24 over the following 24 games. Tsonga started to play much better in the second set and played his best tennis in the third, capitalizing on a mediocre serve by Djokovic throughout the set. Djokovic won 86 percent of his first serve points in the first set, compared to 69 percent in the third.

Djokovic broke Tsonga in his second service game in the third set, but Tsonga impressively rallied back to break Djokovic at love in the next game to get the set back on serve. Tsonga held his last service game of the match after three deuces to go ahead 6-5 in the set, then broke Djokovic in the 12th game of the set to win the third set 7-5 and take a 2-1 lead in the match.

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French Open Scores: Roger Federer Takes Third Set Of Quarterfinal, Down 2-1

Roger Federer has struck back in his 2012 French Open quarterfinal match versus Juan Martin del Potro. Down two sets, he easily took the third, 6-2. Federer cleaned up his game quite a bit -- after suffering 28 unforced errors in the first two sets, he committed just five in the third. Meanwhile, del Potro struggled to get his first serve in and was broken twice.

Through four sets and change, Federer has actually won more overall points than del Potro (96 to 94), but his errors-- and a sporadic serve -- cost him dearly at the start of the match and in the second-set tiebreaker.

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French Open Scores: Roger Federer In Danger Against Del Potro

If Juan Martin del Potro played like this more often, tennis’ Big Three would be a Big Four (or, depending on your view of Andy Murray, a Big Five).

The big man from Argentina is playing tremendous defense against Roger Federer in the French Open quarterfinals, repeatedly chipping back to Federer’s backhand, keeping the ball in the court, then eventually setting up his monstrous forehand. As a result, he just took a 6-3, 7-6 lead over the 2009 French Open champion.

Juan Martin del Potro’s ceiling is higher than anybody outside of the world’s top three, and he is showing it at the moment. His size allows him to pummel flat forehand winners out of normal rallies, and while his movement and defense have not always been world class, everything is working at the moment.

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French Open Results: Samantha Stosur, Sara Errani Advance To Semifinals

The most-hyped matchups during the French Open are going to revolve around the men's side of the bracket on Tuesday, but that doesn't mean the women had nothing to offer in their quarterfinal matchups. With just a few days left at Roland Garros, Samantha Stosur and Sara Errani became one step closer to winning a major tennis tournament.

Stosur entered as the No. 6 seed the tournament and, just like her other results in France this year, the Australian was able to advance in straight sets once again on Tuesday morning. Stosur routed Dominika Cibulkova 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the semifinals.

Stosur's opponent in the semifinals will be Italy's Sara Errani. Errani entered the tournament ranked 21, but was able to score an upset over Angelique Kerber with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) victory in Tuesday's match. Errani has notched three wins this year already, but the major win would obviously put her on a much higher level.

Tuesday's quarterfinal matchups on the men's side of the bracket are slated to start later Tuesday morning.

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French Open 2012: Does Roger Federer Have The Form?

Roger Federer has encountered a bit more resistance than expected through four rounds of the 2012 French Open.

French Open TV Schedule 2012: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer In Action On Tuesday

The 2012 French Open enters the quarterfinals Tuesday and, unsurprisingly, things are getting more exciting at Roland Garros. Four of the top 10 men's players who entered the major will match up Tuesday morning in France.

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will take on one of the local favorites in French native Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tsonga, from Le Mans, advanced to the meeting with Djokovic following a five-set victory over Stanislas Wawrinka on Monday. Djokovic's journey to the quarterfinals wasn't easy, either, as it took him five sets to dispatch Andreas Seppi.

Roger Federer is also scheduled to play his quarterfinal match Tuesday morning, taking on Juan Martin del Potro in a battle of the third seed taking on the nine seed.

Both men's quarterfinal matches are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET. The Tennis Channel has coverage from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday before things switch over to ESPN2 until 7 p.m.

On the women's side of the bracket, sixth-seeded Samantha Stosur will take on Dominika Cibulkova in one of the quarterfinal matchups scheduled for Tuesday while 10-seeded Angelique Kerber will try to avoid an upset from 21-seeded Sara Errani, who has already upended Ana Ivanovic earlier in the tournament.

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