French Open 2012: Day 10 Scores, Results and Recap

What a day of tennis.

Two of the top men in the world were taken to the brink on Tuesday, while the ladies offered less drama but sent through two intriguing contenders to the semifinals.

The quality of play at this year's French Open hit a frenzied peak on the tournament's 10th day. And luckily for all of us, it should keep getting better from here.

Novak Djokovic Survives Epic Match Against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Novak Djokovic (1)	6	5	5	7(8)	6
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5)	1	7	7	6(6)	1

It doesn't get much better than the battle these two competitors gave us today, which played out in four acts.

Act 1: Djokovic dominates the first set and looks poised to earn a berth in the semifinals without breaking a sweat.

Act 2: Tsonga takes over, winning the second and third sets and finding himself up 5-4 in the fourth set with two break points. Now it is Tsonga who looks poised to pull off the upset.

Act 3: Djokovic fights off those match points (and four match points overall) to force a fourth-set tiebreaker. His grit and mental toughness is never more apparent than during this period. He battles with Tsonga in the tiebreaker and comes away with an 8-6 win and a fourth-set victory.

Act 4: The fifth set is merely a formality. Tsonga is beaten, and he knows it, after blowing four glorious chances to finish of the Djoker. An epic match ends with barely a whimper as Djokovic wins the set, 6-1.

Djokovic now has 26 straight wins in Grand Slam tournaments. That's a remarkable stat.

Roger Federer Drops Two Sets Before Casually Cruising to Victory

Roger Federer (3)	3	6(4)	6	6	6
Juan Martin Del Potro (9)	6	6(7)	2	0	3

It's almost as though Roger Federer felt like making things interesting against Juan Martin Del Potro, before turning it on and leaving his opponent in the dust.

Federer dropped the first two sets and then only dropped five games the rest of the way, setting up what should be an absolutely epic semifinal between he and Djokovic, a rematch from last year (which Federer won).

Federer is now 12-2 in his career against Del Potro.

Samantha Stosur and Sara Errani Book Their Places in the Semifinals

Dominika Cibulkova (15)	4	1
Samantha Stosur (6)	6	6

Sara Errani (21)	6	7(7)
Angelique Kerber (10)	3	6(2)

While it probably wasn't how most folks would have envisioned this half of the bracket playing out, Stosur will face Errani in the semifinals after each secured two-set wins on Tuesday.

Stosur is 5-0 against Errani and would advance to her third Grand Slam final in her last four tries, including her U.S. Open title last year. She'll be the prohibitive favorite heading into this one.

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