France’s own Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will hope to continue his surprise run through the Roland Garros draw when he goes up against Stan Wawrinka on Friday. The winner will face either Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray for the title.

Stan Wawrinka and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be doing battle for the seventh time in their careers when they collide in the semifinals of the French Open on Friday.

Interestingly, if not amazingly, this will be their sixth consecutive meeting on clay and the two veterans have not squared off on anything other than clay since 2007. The head-to-head series stands at an even 3-3, with Wawrinka having won three of their five encounters on the slow stuff. They most recently faced each other last fall in the Davis Cup final in France, where Wawrinka silenced the crowd in the form of a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory. A pair of 2013 showdowns…