French Open 2015: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats Tomas Berdych
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was roared to a superb win by a home crowd as he beat Tomas Berdych 6-3 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 to make the French Open quarter-finals.
Tsonga failed to serve out at 5-4 up in the third, but delivered two aces in the final game to oust the fourth seed.
On a rain-affected day, Ana Ivanovic beat Ekaterina Makarova 7-5 3-6 6-1 to make the last eight for the first time since lifting the title in 2008.
Roger Federer plays Gael Monfils in the last match of a revised schedule.
Tsonga will play Kei Nishikori next after the Japanese fifth seed enjoyed a straightforward 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Teymuraz Gabashvili.
Sunday to Monday
The wet conditions put the day's proceedings so far behind schedule that Maria Sharapova's meeting with Lucie Safarova and Flavia Pennetta's match against Garbine Muguruza - last on Court Philippe Chatrier and Court Suzanne Lenglen respectively - were postponed until Monday.
Britwatch
On a grim afternoon at Roland Garros, Jamie Murray and Australian partner John Peers saw their doubles campaign end in the wind and rain on Court Seven.
The pair, seeded 11th, went down 6-3 7-5 to the experienced seventh seeds Nenad Zimonjic and Marcin Matkowski.
"We had a lot of chances but they served well and it wasn't easy conditions," said Murray. "They were better than us today - returned better, served better. We didn't deserve to win."
Katie Swan, 16, had a superb win over American Michaela Gordon in the girls' singles, saving a match point and recovering from 1-5 in the final set to win 4-6 6-4 8-6.
"I was struggling moving at the beginning; I was really nervous and I couldn't find my game until 1-5 in the third," said the Kansas-based Bristolian. "I'm glad I managed to find it!"
Fellow Briton Maia Lumsden went down 6-2 6-1 to Anna Blinkova of Russia.
Quotes of the day
"The ball is touching the back line and you know it! You're looking in my eyes and you know it." French 29th seed Alize Cornet gets deep and meaningful with the umpire during her defeat by Svitolina:
"I think it's because I'm Serbian. We have combustible personalities and we are very emotional." Ana Ivanovic is asked why she is so "intense" on court.
"I think it is a little bit crazy how many medias here for me, and it's not unusual." Kei Nishikori has noticed how the media seats fill up for his matches.
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