Djokovic, who has lost just two matches in a spectacular season that has seen him win the Australian Open and Wimbledon as he surged to No1, defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6 (14) 6-4 6-2 to advance to a last-eight meeting with friend and Davis Cup teammate Janko Tipsarevic.
Third-seeded Federer dismantled unseeded Argentinian Juan Monaco 6-1 6-2 6-0 to line up a clash with France's Tsonga, the man who rallied from two sets down to beat him in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Tsonga, the 11th seed, doused the hopes of eighth-seeded American Mardy Fish 6-4 6-7 (5) 3-6 6-4 6-2. Their three-hour 43-minute tussle on the Arthur Ashe court helped to ensure that Federer didn't take the court until shortly before midnight.
"It's tough for Juan. I've been in his position before. I thought he fought bravely. Sometimes it's not your time - tonight it was mine," Federer said.
Tsonga and Fish, in contrast, battled for almost four hours, both finding the going tough in the swirling afternoon winds.
On the women's side, Serena Williams, playing during the day when the wind was blowing hard, breezed past Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 6-3 6-4.
Williams's next opponent is Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who avenged her agonising loss to Italy's Francesca Schiavone at this year's French Open to win 5-7 6-3 6-4.
Caroline Wozniacki won a late-night thriller against former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-7 7-5 6-1, dispelling the notion that she lacks the predatory instincts to land her first major.
Her next match is against Germany's Andrea Petkovic, who defeated Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-1 6-4.
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