Monfils, Tsonga in French charge to Open quarters

By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tenth seed Gael Monfils motored into the U.S. Open quarter-finals with a straight-sets dismissal of Marcos Baghdatis on Sunday launching a French charge at the year's last grand slam championship. Monfils, who has enjoyed a run of success this hard court season, maintained his impressive form with a 6-3 6-2 6-3 romp that kicked off a busy day for the French men's contingent. Ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga followed Monfils' lead and booked his berth in the last e