BASTAD, Sweden, July 16 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Robin Soderling survived a third-set tie-breaker Friday and advanced to the semifinals of the Swedish Open tennis tournament.
Soderling, playing in his native country, just got past Andreas Seppi 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) in Friday's quarterfinals. Soderling needed to overcome a third-set service break to force the tie-breaker for a chance to win. The match took nearly 2 1/2 hours.
Soderling will go against a relatively fresh David Ferrer, the No. 3 seed, who defeated Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-3 in about half the time of Soderling's match. Ferrer only faced two break points, saving both.
