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8:15 p.m.
"Roland, je t'aime," wrote Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on the red clay, using the sole of his right shoe. Then he got down on the court, on his back, with arms and legs spread apart, as 15,000 or so of his closest friends stood and roared their approval.
"I love you, Roland," it meant, a thank you to the French Open fans who willed their countryman Tsonga to a 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 victory over No. 5-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan in the quarterfinals.
Tsonga, seeded 14th, moved into his second semifinal at Roland Garros, and his sixth at a major.