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 | Soderling will face Berdych in the semifinals in Sweden15-07-2011 |
World number five will play Robin Soderling in the eighth against ranked Tomas Berdych (pictured) in a semifinal match of the Open tennis in Sweden. Soderling, who won in 2009, led 6-3 with wins against their opponents in official matches between them. Soderling record his second victory of the year over Italian Starace Poteat, after he overcame opposition by 6-3, 6-4 in just over an hour. The Swede won 80 percent of its kind for his victory number 20 in Bashtad. Starace in turn record 20th defeat in his career against top 20 players, and these games have only two wins. Three-seeded Tomas Berdych, who twice lost the final of the tournament in Sweden, won 6-1, 6-4 against Slovenian Blaj Kavchich. With this victory the Czech Republic's record of 34:13 asset this season. In the other semifinal will play two Spaniards. Nicolas Almagro beat Swede Michael Ridershted 6-4, 7-6 (4) in one quarterfinal, while the other David Ferrer, seeded second, defeated Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-1, 6-1.