Federer and Monfils made to wait
ROGER FEDERER will have to come back on Monday to try to seal his place in the French Open quarter-finals after his match against Gael Monfils was suspended for darkness at one set all.
The pair got off to a late start in Paris after rain had earlier delayed play and while Federer clinched the opening set 6-3 in just 29 minutes, Monfils found form in the second to hit back 6-4.
The winner will play eighth seed Stan Wawrinka in the last eight after the Swiss eased past France’s Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
The match of the day came before Federer and Monfils took to the court, as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga knocked out fourth seed Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (7/5), 6-3.
Tsonga will now face Japan’s Kei Nishikori, who cruised past Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili, winning 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Meanwhile, seventh-seed Ana Ivanovic reached the French Open quarter-finals for the first time since 2008 after she edged out Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova in three sets, winning 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.
The Serbian will now face Ukrainian 20-year-old Elina Svitolina, who held off the challenge of France’s Alize Cornet with a 6-2, 7-6 (11/9) victory.
Two of the scheduled women’s fourth-round matches were postponed -- Sharapova’s clash against Czech 13th seed Lucie Safarova and Italian Flavia Pennetta’s meeting with Spain’s Garbine Muguruza.
Those matches will be wedged into Monday’s schedule when better weather is expected in the French capital.