6-7 - Nadal saves the first after a long rally, Soderling is enticed to the net and Nadal puts it wide. SODERLING TAKES THE NEXT ONE THOUGH. NADAL'S INCREDIBLE RUN AT ROLAND GARROS IS FINALLY OVER.

1-5 - Soderling advances to the net and puts his forehand into the empty space on the change of end.

1-2 - Nadal hits another forehand with his frame. Then Nadal's forehand just, just hits the line and he recovers the mini break.

6-6 - Nadal works his way to the net but Soderling powers the backhand past him, if only Nadal had played shots like that. Three points later Soderling hits an ace to give him two game points, neither of them are taken though, Nadal with two big forehands saves them. Soderling gets another chance with a forehand which hit the line perfectly. Nadal inspects it and just kicks the spot away, great sportsmanship. Soderling then takes it when Nadal cannot put the ball back in play. TIE BREAK TIME

5-5 - Soderling hits a double handed back hand long, getting Nadal to within two points of the set. He does not come close though. Soderling again thumps through Nadal's defences, big shots out wide and then more forehand winners, he has hit 30 today.

4-4 - Soderling gets to the net for a forehand into the space and that gives him two game points. He loses the first when he puts the ball long, but no the second with a big, big forehand from the middle of the court to the bottom corner.

3-3 - Soderling also holds to love. He sends down a massive 226KM/h serve to set up game point and then plays very well on the point, sealing it with a forehand at the net to sweep the game.

2-2 - Soderling's forehand was MASSIVE in that game. Twice from the back of the court he hit the bottom corners with immense power, leaving Nadal motionless. Some serve and volley gave him game point and then a forehand into the empty side of the court sealed the game.

2-0 - Three break points for Soderling.

1-0 - Two break points for Soderling.

4-6 - THIRD SET GOES TO SODERLING. Nadal hits the ball long to give Soderling three set points. And he takes it at the first chance. Soderling hits the baseline with a forehand which Nadal cannot fully dig out and puts it into the net.

3-5 - Nadal's pink polo now has a hint of red after he takes a rather funny fall on to the floor, he tried five or six times to save himself but ended up succumbing to gravity. Nadal hits the ball long to give it to Soderling. Nadal is now serving to stay in the set.

3-3 - Two break points for Soderling.

3-2 - Soderling was nearly playing in the stands there as he got forced wider and wider by Nadal. Nadal holds to love.

2-1 - Soderling points to his head, and screams at his lack of concentration. He was the better player in that game yet only forced to make Nadal hit one winning shot, an ace.

1-0 - Nadal holds to love to start the third set. That first set was the first set dropped at Roland Garros since the 2007 final for Nadal.

6-2 - Nadal drops both of his service points after the change of ends.

2-0 - Nadal has the mini-break.

5-6 - Soderling looks to have the point won but slams his forehand from the back of the court into the net. That gives Nadal a break point, a big rally ensues with Soderling taking it with a backhand down the line. He then seals his service with an ace straight down the middle.

5-5 - Soderling looks to have won the first point, but Nadal points out that the ball had gone out one shot earlier. Three points later Nadal plays the ball into the net giving Soderling the break point. Soderling approached the net, Nadal tried to fire the ball past him with a backhand and very nearly succeeds. Soderling sticks out his right arm, spinning 90 degrees in the air and with very soft hands drops the ball over the net. WE ARE BACK ON SERVE.

5-4 - Well played Soderling, having set up Nadal for the big serve to the backhand all day, he hits one straight down the middle to seal the game 40-15. Nadal is now serving for the second set.

4-3 - Soderling holds to 15. For the first three points he again has Nadal on the run, hitting big serves and forehands wide to force Nadal to go for the big shot. The next point shows just why Soderling needs to keep doing this, Nadal progresses past the baseline for the first time in the game and can easily pick off Soderling from there.

3-2 - As the players sit down a ball girl runs on the court with a new racket and a bunch of bananas for Rafa. He accepts the racket, leaving the girl looking rather awkward holding the bananas; she looks around sheepishly before a fellow bellboy runs up and takes the fruit off of her. He then peals a banana for Nadal. We can only presume that, despite an army of sport scientists and coaches, this boy is the only person in Paris who Nadal trusts with his potassium levels.

3-1 - Nadal cements the break. Roles were being reversed there; Soderling was the man on the chase as Nadal hit the lines on either side. He holds to 30.

1-1 - Nadal holds, but it was by no means easy, there were some big rallies there which Soderling won, Nadal just does not lose those points. The longest went 25 shots before Nadal put the ball into the net.

2-6 - NADAL IS BROEKN AGAIN AND THAT IS FIRST SET TO SODERLING. Nadal has game point but double faults. On the next point Nadal puts a backhand wide to give Soderling a set point. The Swede again moves Nadal left and right as he moves in, not that he needs to, Nadal puts the ball into the net.

2-4 - Soderling puts the ball into the net and that seals the hold of serve for Nadal.

1-3 - SODERLING TAKES THE BREAK. Soderling dominated the points there. Nadal was consistently camped out a good four yards behind the baseline while the Swede edged further forward for the kill. Nadal was able to save two points with some impossible winners from the back of the court. But on break point he put the ball just long.

1-1 - Nadal also gets the hold. He begins with a whipped forehand winner and finishes with an ace and then a serve which Soderling can only put into the stands.

- - Nadal leads the head to head record between these two players, 3-0. They last exactly a month ago in Rome. Nadal took that contest 6-1, 6-0.

- - Click here to see photos of Nadal's pink top.

- - Hello and welcome to a beautiful day at Roland Garros. We are on the Philippe-Chartier court for the encounter between Rafael Nadal and Robin Soderling.