Sensational Soderling stages stunning comeback to reach final

PARIS: Robin Soderling reached the French Open final on Friday with a dramatic 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Chile's Fernando Gonzalez.

With compatriot and six-time winner Bjorn Borg in support, the 23rd seed, who knocked out four-time champion Rafael Nadal in the last 16, clinched a famous victory, coming back from 1-4 down in the final set, to reach his first Grand Slam final.

Soderling, who had never got beyond the third round in any of his 21 previous majors, is the first Swede to reach the final since coach Magnus Norman in 2000 while Mats Wilander was the country's last champion in 1988.