UPDATE 4-Tennis-Nadal sets up semi-final against Djokovic

* Nadal ousts crowd favourite Tsonga

* World number two sets up semi-final against Djokovic

* Monfils to face Stepanek in second semi-final (updates with Stepanek win)

By Patrick Vignal

PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal silenced a partisan crowd by knocking out local favourite and Paris Masters title holder Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5 7-5 with an impressive performance on Friday to reach the semi-finals.

World number two Nadal, who has won the French Open on the other side of town four times but never this event at the Bercy hall, will meet Novak Djokovic for a place in Sunday's final.

The Serbian world number three earlier ruined Robin Soderling's hopes of making the World Tour Finals in London by beating the Swede 6-4 1-6 6-3.

Gael Monfils, seeded 15th, later made sure there would be a French presence in the last four by recovering from a set down to oust 12th seed Marin Cilic of Croatia with a 3-6 6-4 6-4 win.

The gifted but erratic Monfils worried his fans at first with clumsy errors but then stepped up a gear and thrilled a raucous 14,000 crowd with astonishing winners to set up a semi-final against Radek Stepanek.