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Top-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden beat defending champion Michael Llodra 6-1, 6-4 on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Open 13.
Marin Cilic of Croatia also advanced, upsetting second-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 to earn a matchup against Mikhail Youzhny. The Russian outlasted Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Soderling saved four break points in a long opening service game in a rematch of last year's quarterfinal. He then broke the eighth-seeded Frenchman's serve twice in the first set and once again in the second.
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