Federer Wins Semi, Facing Soderling in Finals

After an intense semifinal round, Switzerland’s, Roger Federer, beat Argentina’s, Juan Martin del Potro, to advance to the 2009 French Open finals.  As you can tell from the image below, Federer was pretty excited.

While many might have guessed that the Swiss tennis star would advance to the next round (he has been a runner-up at this even three times) his opponent, 23rd-seeded, Robin Soderling (Sweden), was a bit of a surprise.  In what some are calling his “Cinderella run,” he upset 12th-seeded Chilean, Fernando Gonzalez, 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4.  This is Soderling’s first-ever major semi.
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