Federer defeats Del Potro

Today was men's semifinal day at the French Open, and what a great couple of semis they were. I listened to the broadcast for most of the day today. The first match was Soderling vs. Gonzalez, and that one ended up going 5 sets. Soderling won the first two, but Gonzalez came back to take the third and the fourth. In a shocking conclusion, Soderling was down 4-1 in the final set and stormed back, winning the last 5 games of the match to advance to the final. That was followed by the Federer-Del Potro match, which I actually thought was going to be close. Turns out I was correct. Del Potro took the first set and looked good in the second, but he played a sloppy tiebreak and lost. Surprisingly, he regained his momentum in the third and captured that set, putting Federer in a tough situation. But Roger played well in the fourth and managed to go up a break in the fifth. Del Potro was unable to recover. So, the final on Sunday will be between Roger Federer and Robin Soderling. I don't think Soderling will give Federer as much trouble as Del Potro did, but then again Roger has looked pretty bad at times, so I'm never quite sure what to expect. If Federer pulls out the victory, it will tie him with Sampras for the most Grand Slam titles at 14, and it will give him at least one title at all four Slams. It will be huge.