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Summary
Robin Soderling recovered from a set down to dispatch top-ranked Roger Federer 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 and secure a place in the final of the Capitala World Tennis Championships at the Zayed Sports City. The Swedish No. 8 will face Rafael Nadal, who advanced after he beat his Spanish Davis Cup teammate David Ferrer 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. Soderling and Federer held serve throughout the opening two sets of their match, each winning a tie-breaker, before Soderling broke the Swiss in the third and seventh games of the third set. Last year, Soderling broke into the top 10 on the back of two wins over Nadal. He first beat him in the fourth round of the French Open to end the Spaniards 31-match winning streak, but went on to lose to Federer in the final. Todays win over Federer was his first in 13 games.
