French Open 2016: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga May Get to His Third Semi-Final Here

With the withdrawal today of Rafael Nadal due to a wrist injury, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (#7) of France is now, at least on paper, the most likely player to get the semi-final slot on their side of the draw.  

He has been to the semi-finals of this grand slam in 2013 and 2015 and he has a really good chance of making it again this year.

He's still a long way off though and his prospective opponents are no push-overs either. He will meet another former RG semi-finalist in the 3rd round, Ernests Gulbis (#80) of Estonia.

If he gets through that, Nicolas Almagro and Dominic Thiem are possible opponents, both very competent players in the clay court themselves.

However, if Tsonga does get through with them, he will have had great preparation for a possible encounter with Djokovic in the semi's and possibly Murray in the finals.