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 | Federer lost to Monfils FAEL13-11-2010 |
World No. 2 Roger Federer (Switzerland) was eliminated in the semifinals of the Masters Tournament in Paris. Federer was defeated in a dramatic match of the representative of the host Gael Monfils (France) with 7:6 (9:7), 6:7 (1:7), 7:6 (7:4) after the 2:41 game. In the final tomorrow Monfils will play No. 4 Robin Soderling (Sweden), which in the other semifinal to beat Michael Llodra (France), 6:7 (0:7), 7:5, 7:6 (8:6). Federer, winner of 16 titles in Grand Slam tournaments, wasted five points to win the match in the 12 th game of the third set, which led to 4:2. Federer made 18 aces against 15 for Monfils and still no victory in his career tournament in Paris. Seeded 4 in the main draw Robin Soderling (Sweden) beat Michael Llodra (France), 6:7 (0:7), 7:5, 7:6 (8:6) and qualified for the first time in his career final tournament of the series "Masters. The meeting continued 2:49. The Swede saved two machbola and survived at 6:6 in the decisive tiebreaker of the third set by 19 th his ace in the meeting, which was played before 14,000 spectators. They recorded 43 aces as Llodra leads with 24. Soderling was the first Swede in the last 9 years, who played the semifinals of the tournament in Paris. The last player from Sweden, which was the finale here is Jonas Bjorkman in 1997, and Thomas Enkvist is the last Swedish winner a year earlier. The victory was number 55 for season Robin Soderling, who has 20 losses. The last time he won the Rotterdam title in nine months ago.