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Del Potro upsets top seed Soderling
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Del Potro upsets top seed Soderling

Published Apr. 29, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

Juan Martin del Potro beat top-seeded Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-5 Friday to clinch a place in the Estoril Open semifinals.

The former U.S. Open champion will meet Pablo Cuevas in Saturday's final four on outdoor clay. The Uruguayan defeated sixth-seeded Brazilian Thomaz Belluci 6-4, 6-2.

Rain forced the suspension of the other men's quarterfinals.

Germany's Kristina Barrois and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, both unseeded, will meet in Saturday's women's final.

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Barrois reached her second career final with a 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over Johanna Larsson of Sweden, while Medina Garrigues overcame Romania's Monica Niculescu 6-1, 6-3. The Spaniard has won all nine of her career titles on clay.

 

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