Llodra Downs Soderling In Marseille

Michael Llodra sure loves this tournament. Last year’s singles finalist and doubles champion took down top-seed Robin Soderling. The Swede can ratchet his play up at times, but today Llodra took it up a notch to surpass Soderling 7-6(2) 6-4.

The Frenchman will back on double duty tomorrow with singles and doubles tomorrow. He will play his former partner Arnaud Clement, with whom he won this title twice, for the last spot in the final in the battle of the exes.

In his singles semifinal, he will meet German Mischa Zverev. Llodra leads their head-to-head 2-0.


Friday’s Results
Singles Quarterfinals
Michael Llodra (FRA) def. 1 Robin Soderling (SWE) 7-6(2) 6-4
2 Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (FRA) def. LL Illya Marchenko (UKR) 6-3 6-4
8 Julien Benneteau (FRA) def. 3 Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-3 7-5
Mischa Zverev (GER) def. WC Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 7-5 6-7(4) 6-3

Doubles Semifinals
1 J. Knowle (AUT)/R. Lindstedt (SWE) def. R. Bopanna (IND)/J. Coetzee (RSA) 6-4 0-6 10-6

Saturday’s Matches
Singles Semifinals
Michael Llodra (FRA) vs. Mischa Zverev (GER)
2 Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (FRA) vs. 8 Julien Benneteau (FRA)

Doubles Semifinals
2 J. Benneteau (FRA)/M. Llodra (FRA) vs. A. Clement (FRA)/N. Mahut (FRA)

Saturday’s Order of Play

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