While Stan Wawrinka was blowing Roger Federer away in straight sets on Court Suzanne Lenglen, the gale that whipped through the French Open on day 10 came perilously close to doing the same job on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Court Philippe Chatrier.
The Frenchman was cruising at a set and 5-2 up against Kei Nishikori in his quarter-final on the tournament’s main court, when, during the changeover, a strong gust loosened an oblong-shaped sheet-metal panel, which was held by nine-inch spikes to the superstructure of the large replay screen in the western corner of the stand, and sent it crashing 50 feet into a group of maybe 100 spectators.