French Open Mens semifinals preview.

The first semifinal of the day will begin at 1p.m. Paris time.

(#5 seed) Robin Soderling  vs.  (#15 seed) Tomas Berdych
Robin Soderling, last years runnerup is looking to make it back the final, but standing in his way is a Czech that is playing some of the best tennis of his life.  Soderling has went through some top competition to get thus far.  First he had to defeat a clay court specialist Albert Montanes, then the always tough, Marin Cilic.  But his biggest win was when he knocked off the defending champion and world number one Roger Federer.  So Soderling is rolling right now and has some momentum going into Friday's match....Tomas Berdych has been just crushing his opponents.  He defeated Mikhail Youzhny, Andy Murray, and John Isner with ease and made these top 20 players look like amateurs.  I'm really hoping for a rematch of Soderling and Nadal.  Them two guys hate eachother and could make for some good fireworks in the final, but I don't think that is going to happen.  I really like a Tomas Berdych upset in this match.  Berdych normally isn't the strongest mentally, and has been known to fold up and die when things get tough or aren't going his way.  Well his consistency this tournament has shown that he is ready to make the step to the finals in a very close match.  I think this one will go 5, with Berdych squeaking out the win.
Pick- Berdych
RESULT-  Robin Soderling 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.


(#22 seed) Jurgen Melzer  vs.  (#2 seed) Rafael Nadal
Melzer has had the tournament of his life, pulling out upset victories over David Ferrer and Novak Djokovic, but he has no chance, absolutely none, of beating Rafael Nadal.  Nadal will take this match in 3 easy sets.  The types of player that give Nadal trouble on clay are the ones that can overpower him (such as Robin Soderling) but that is not Melzer's game.  He is a grinder and plays a similar game as Nadal.  But Nadal plays it about 5 notches better.
Pick - Nadal
RESULT-  Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3, 7-6.