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30th Jun 2010

Nadal survives Soderling scare

Rafael Nadal overcame a scare against Robin Soderling on Court One to progress to the semi final of Wimbledon.

JOE

Rafael Nadal overcame a scare against Robin Soderling to progress to the semi final of Wimbledon.

Second seed Nadal lost the first set 3-6, before recovering to defeat sixth seed Soderling 3-6 6-3 7-6 6-1 on Court Number One.

Soderling raced into a 5-0 lead in the first set in less than 20 minutes, and survived a brief Nadal rally to take the set.

Nadal took the second set easily, and the third on a tie-break before taking the fourth set 6-1 following a Soderling injury.

The Spaniard will now face either Scotland’s Andy Murray or France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in his fourth Wimbledon semi-final.

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