Hello! After Gulbis' rousing victory over Federer, the match the French crowd have waited all day for is upon us. Home favourite Jo Wilfried Tsonga will once again attempt to usurp tournament favourite Novak Djokovic.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 6-4 6-1 TSONGA. MATCH! At last, the pain is over. In stark contrast to their epic meeting on the same court two years ago, Djokovic makes mincemeat of the home favourite, leaving his appetite full with two breadsticks. A great day at the office for the tournament favourite.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 6-4 5-1 TSONGA. A Djokovic error and a poor dropshot leave the door of this service game slightly ajar for Tsonga. Djokovic responds by rising from autopilot and casually thundering two massive forehands and a backhand winner to steer clear of break points.. He stands one game from victory.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 6-4 4-1 TSONGA. HOLD! In perhaps the most surprising news of the day, Tsonga manages to avoid a bagel in every set, this time a few free first serves granting him his first hold of the set.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 6-4 4-0 TSONGA. In stark contrast to Djokovic’s flawless returning, Tsonga’s returns fly to every spot but inside the white lines. The Serb decides to pass the time away with a rare serve and volley, and the game is quickly his.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 6-4 3-0 TSONGA. BREAK! Here we go again. A strong show of athleticism from Tsonga to dispatch a backhand passing shot down-the-line only delays the inevitable. Djokovic quickly steadies the ship, and a Tsonga forehand flies long to edge the Serb ever closer to the quarterfinals.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 6-4 2-0 TSONGA. More stunned silence meets a slickly angled Djokovic ace. He holds easily and consolidates the break while remaining in third gear.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 6-4 1-0 TSONGA. BREAK! There’s no stopping this one-way traffic. Djokovic contorts his body into freakish angles in order to ward off a Tsonga serve, and that’s all he needs as the following French forehand flies out and grants him another break in the opening game of the third set.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 6-4 TSONGA. SET! No problem at all for Mr Djokovic this time around. He navigates his way to triple set point easily, and Tsonga helps him on his way with a terribly-judged dropshot. Two sets to love the second seed leads.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 5-4 TSONGA. Tsonga compliments his break with a series of big serves that even the best returner in the world is incapable of deflecting over the net. If anything at all, the score is slightly less embarrassing for the home favourite.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 5-3 TSONGA. BREAK! Boom! Out of nowhere, Tsonga appears to remember that he is actually supposed to be a good tennis player and thunders a return past Djokovic before another forehand kisses the line on the next point. Djokovic charitably hands him a further point with a backhand error on break point, and the crowd briefly cheers as their Frenchman has his first break of the match. Beggars can’t be choosers.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 5-2 TSONGA. BREAK! With more metronomic returns, Djokovic breaks again. Still, the errors fly off the Tsonga racquet as it looks like there is surely no way back for the Frenchman.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 4-2 TSONGA. The crowd roars again as the players step out from their chairs, but once more Djokovic reduces them to whimpering wrecks as he punishes them with another easy hold of serve. Lead restored.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 3-2 TSONGA. With the score at 15-30, another break looks ominously close until two Djokovic errors offer Tsonga some respite at last. The Frenchman needs no second invitation, and clobbers two forehands to take only his third game of the match.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 3-1 TSONGA. In no time at all, Djokovic consolidates the break as heads shake in the crowd. The one way traffic continues, and Tsonga has no answer.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 2-1 TSONGA. BREAK! Djokovic brutally only allows the hope to last a game as a flying backhand crosscourt passing shot brings up triple break point, and a double fault from the racquet of Tsonga hands over the remaining point to propel Djokovic to a second set break lead.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 1-1 TSONGA. Interesting! Out of nowhere, Tsonga slings two successive winners from his self-proclaimed “rubbish” backhand and the crowd use it as another excuse to roar. The happiness doesn’t last too long, however, as Djokovic quickly sends Tsonga flying from corner to corner and holds with few problems.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 0-1 TSONGA. The second set starts a little better for Tsonga, who holds with ease to begin the second set. The crowd smartly take this rare moment to roar Tsonga’s name to the heavens.

DJOKOVIC 6-1 TSONGA. SET! Djokovic strolls through to seal the first set. The question before this match was whether the Serb, who gets ruffled by even the slightest bit of crowd negativity, would be able to keep them quiet. Judging by the complete silence that met his first set triumph, he has so far succeeded.

DJOKOVIC 5-1 TSONGA. Six games later, Tsonga finally puts his name on the board with a series of big first serves as Djokovic disinterestedly awaits his chance to serve out the match. At last, the crowd cheers.

DJOKOVIC 5-0 TSONGA. The rout continues. This time, for the sake of variety, Djokovic powers down a few unreturned first serves and skips to his chair with 5 games in 17 minutes.