At 2-1 in the decisive set, play was suspended for nine minutes for an Australia Day fireworks display.
Having squandered one set point on the Tipsarevic serve, the set was left at 5-2 when the black clouds finally burst and play was suspended.
Tsonga led 6-4 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 3-6 4-2 in a virtual repeat of his clash with Wawrinka last year when play was suspended due to fading light.
Sweden's Henrik Stenson was level with American Woody Austin with one hole left before play was suspended for the light and set to resume at 0800 BST on Friday.
British No. 1 Murray said he was relieved to finish his clash against Croatian Cilic after a frustrating Monday in which play was suspended with the score 7-5 3-1.
Eleventh seed Gonzalez of Chile and number three seed Nadal of Spain were in their 2nd straight tie-breaking set, with Nadal leading 7-6 (7-4), 6-6 (3-2) when play was suspended.
Rain began to fall at the start of the second set, but there was still time for Federer to break before play was suspended for 20 minutes - and when it resumed he secured the double break.
Only a handful of players made it out onto the course before play was suspended, with halfway leader Tiger Woods holding a two-shot advantage after 36 holes as he and most of the field waited for their new tee-off times.
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Ms. WILDER: Well, you know, play was suspended until tomorrow because of the weather, but I think Michelle played well, especially when you consider she's just 16 and the tremendous pressure she must be under as the cameras are clicking every time she makes a drive or a putt.
Play was briefly suspended when referee Paul Taylor decided to take the players off the pitch.
They were 245-6 - a lead of 153 - when the umpires suspended play because of bad light, with Mushfiqur Rahman 43 not out and Khaled Mahmud on 17.
The pose and the play of the suspended figure against the architecture are already present, but Miss La La is a dark silhouette against a dim background of dull reds and warm browns.
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The match was locked at 59-59 in the final set after 10 hours of play when it was suspended because of bad light.
Most famously play had to be suspended during a Test match in Calcutta in 1999 after Tendulkar was controversially adjudged to be run out and rioting erupted in the Eden Gardens stands.
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The latest foul play sees five players from different teams suspended on accusations they were willing to receive bribes for purposely losing matches.
Balotelli will be suspended now against Napoli and Giampaolo Pazzini will play.
Chaouchi performed superbly in the World Cup play-off win over Egypt when he deputised for the suspended Lounes Gaouaoui.
Azarenka broke in the opening game of the final set, just two games before the match was suspended for the fireworks, a planned stoppage of play that both players were notified about before the match.
Ferguson, who was suspended along with goalkeeper Allan McGregor amid suggestions he would never play for the club again, has come off the bench in the last two games to help the Glasgow side defeat Aberdeen and Dundee United to clinch the title on the final day.
Kirk Broadfoot, operating at left-back with Sasa Papac suspended, was in an advanced position when he cut inside to play a low ball into the Scotland striker on the edge of the box.
Both sides went into the match missing key strikers and opted for a lone man up front with Atletico's Argentine international Kun Aguero suspended while injury denied Liverpool's Fernando Torres the chance to play against his former club.
He will play either Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals (their match was suspended for darkness Sunday evening in the fifth set).
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She will next play the winner of the match between fifth seed Meilen Tu and Jill Craybas that was suspended because of darkness after two sets.
And even though I was suspended at the beginning, I was able to get back into the team and play pretty well.
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro is suspended for the trip to Dublin and his Juventus team-mate Nicola Legrottaglie is likely to play in central alongside another club-mate Giorgio Chiellini.
Ledley and striker Jay Bothroyd, who was suspended for the triumph at the Hawthorns, are set to be available for the visit to play-off rivals Middlesbrough on Sunday.
France captain Raphael Ibanez has been suspended for one week for stamping on Argentina's Rimas Alvarez Kairelis in the World Cup third place play-off on Friday.
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