It's men's semi-final day and Fernando Gonzalez is up against Rafael Nadal's conqueror Robin Soderling. The Chilean makes a bright start and edges ahead at the start of the first set
Soderling is appearing in his first Grand Slam semi and despite some early nerves, turns up the power and grabs the first set 6-3. Inspired by the watching Swedish six-time French Open winner Bjorn Borg perhaps?
Errors start creeping into the Chilean's game with Soderling piling on the pressure with his booming forehand. The second set is an edgy affair with both making mistakes and it goes to 5-5
Gonzalez has to battle for every point and he goes two sets down. The Chilean even resorts to smashing a racquet. The Swede's dominance continues and he has Gonzalez on his knees
Soderling is looking comfortable leading by two sets, but Gonzalez hits right back in stunning fashion and takes the third set 7-5. Game on
Gonzalez, the first Chilean since 1960 to make the Roland Garros semi-finals, is not letting go and fights his way back to take a pulsating fourth set 6-4
It's Soderling who comes through in the fifth set, reeling off five games in a row from 4-1 down to reach a first Grand Slam final
Actress Eva Longoria and her husband, NBA Basketball player Tony Parker, add a touch more glamour to Court Philippe Chatrier
Fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro is playing in his first Grand Slam semi but makes a superb start against world number two Roger Federer
Federer knows he has a great chance of a first French Open title but is broken twice as Del Potro dominates the first set
Del Potro remains in charge in the second set but cannot get the break and Federer races through the tie-break 7-2 to level
Federer's revival of fortunes is only brief, as Del Potro breaks the Swiss twice to take a two sets to one lead
Federer finally makes some headway on the Del Potro serve in the fourth set and breaks twice to keep his title hopes alive and force a decider
After a topsy-turvy four sets Federer starts to let off some fireworks and he grabs a 3-1 lead in the decider. Del Potro gets it back to 3-3 before Federer turns on the style and secures his victory
Emotional times. Federer wins 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 2-6 6-1 6-4 and he steps closer to getting his hands on the French Open crown. Del Potro will be disappointed at letting Federer back in. Robin Soderling awaits in Sunday's final
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