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Soderling into Final Duel After the Marathon

PARIS, Kompas.com - Sweden's Robin Soderling Tennis players stepped into the French Open final, after beating Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, Friday (4/6/10). In a marathon duel lasted 3 hours 27 minutes, which occupied the fifth seed Soderling, winning 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3 and 6-3.

Thus, Soderling for the second time consecutively through the final at Roland Garros this. Last year, he also did something similar, before dijegal world number one Roger Federer, who this time the removal of the quarter-finals.

At the top of the party later, Sunday (6/6/10), Soderling will face the winner between second-seeded Rafael Nadal (Spain) and Jurgen Melzer (Austria), the new will to fight. Last year, Nadal beat Soderling in advance, the defending champion, in the quarter-finals.

Soderling started the battle with good and immediately reveals the triumph of hope to the finals thanks to 6-3. But in the next two sets, Berych, which for the first time through the semi-finals of a grand slam event, was able to get up. This 15th seed won 6-3 and 7-5.

Unfortunately, Berdych was unable to sustain that momentum, so Soderling managed to find his best form of game. As a result, the determination Soderling in straight sets to break in the first game, before doing it again in the ninth game, to reach a grand slam final tickets clay this field.