Rafael Rob
Tennis: Federer bids farewell to debut in Paris
Most of the game was played in light drizzle to heavy and Federer later regretted the fact that three of its four defeats on clay this year have been in the rain.
The final score was 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in a match of two hours 33 minutes, which was interrupted by rain for 76 minutes in the 11th game of the third set.
In the previous game, Federer took the point set but Soderling hit a winning backhand smash off overhead improvised by Federer.
After the break, Federer has played like a man feeling his imminent death, losing his service, and then thrusting his arms in the air in frustration in the next game when Soderling blasted an ace before him point on the plateau.
Although the vast majority of the crowd was for Switzerland, Soderling, who lost the 2009 final to Federer, has some support with some French heavy expressed by shouting his name, pronouncing it "Rob was."
At the end of the fourth round, with a steady drizzle continued to fall, the solid, 6-foot-4 Soderling just had too much weight on his shots. His first serve averaged 209 km an hour Federer to 196 km / h, and indoor / forehand to Federer's weaker backhand had money in the bank. In difficult conditions, Swede, 25, was able to spray his forehand off the low bounce.
Post-match, Federer was straight by stating: "I do not think I played a bad game, the conditions were clearly on the rough side for us. And I thought it came up with some great tennis. "
The loss was his first after 12 victories Soderling, and corresponds to a model of recent year in which Federer streaks of 12-0 with Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Gonzalez 10-0, 8-0 James Blake and Marcos Baghdatis 6-0 with ended.
At 28 years the pack is clearly catching him, but no other players have completed their veins, Soderling made at a Grand Slam.
stats head-to-head means little compared to Federer's loss ends a six-year Grand Slam semifinal series. "It was a good race," he said. "I am proud to have this series. "
Smiling, he added, "Now I have the line go quarterfinals. "
Always the perfect gentleman, Federer made an appearance later Tuesday evening at the annual dinner of the world champions in Paris.
A little earlier, he seemed Soderling lost the set, saying: "I do not look too deeply into why I lost today. For me, it was clear very quickly. So I think I can move away from this fairly quickly and focus on the season of grass rises.
At year's French Open final, Federer had everything break his way, including four-time champion Rafael Nadal is challenged by Soderling before he probably survived the loss of right makes Tommy Haas, the aftermath of the margin of a forehand that landed tantalizingly close to the sideline at a critical time.
Weeks later, Andy Roddick missed a ball makeable for a lead of two sets to love in the Wimbledon final, Federer wound up winning a 16-14 fifth play the win his record 15th Grand Slam title.
It would not be able to regain the top spot to Nadal for a few months because the Spaniard has not played Wimbledon last year, and he will defend the most points that the champion later this month at the All England Club.
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