5-4 - Soderling takes his fourth game in a row to move to within a service hold of a place in the final! The Swede kept hassling his opponent, keeping the ball in play, as Gonzalez became increasingly rattled with the umpire and frustrated with his inconsistency.

3-4 - Soderling breaks back! A very wayward forehand from Gonzalez gives Soderling 0-30 on the Chilean's serve, and a backhand return down the line gives the Swede two break points. Soderling lashes a forehand down the line to clinch the break, and we are back on serve!

1-4 - Gonzalez produces two stunning passes, one on his forehand and one on his backhand, which both leave Soderling stretching helplessly out to his forehand side. Gonzalez has the bit between his teeth, can he close this match out?

0-3 - Gonzalez consolidates his break of serve with a composed game of safety-first serves and commanding groundshots. Soderling is struggling to maintain his level from the first two sets, and the Chilean is keeping the pressure on.

0-1 - Gonzalez holds in the opening game of the fifth and deciding set, with Soderling not able to establish himself in the game at all. The Chilean is brimming with confidence now.

4-6 - What a match this is turning out to be! Gonzalez breaks in the final game of the set, with Soderling having his serve ripped apart by the Chilean. Two weak first serves allow Gonzalez to pounce, and he takes his opportunity superbly!

4-4 - Soderling holds, and the tension is starting to grow further with the Swede clenching his fist with a roar to mark the service game win. His serve again gives him two cheap points, with a fine backhand to take it.

3-3 - The 23 seed holds firm once more, levelling at 3-3 with the Philippe Chatrier court quickly filling to close to capacity now. This fourth set is very finely poised, with neither player able to force a breakthrough as yet. Two fiery serves give Soderling the game.

2-2 - Soderling holds to love, and that is as convincing a service game as you could wish to see: a rasping serve outwide to Gonzalez's backhand follows a forehand cross court to seal it.

1-1 - Soderling moves serenely to 40-0 with an ace down the T, with Gonzalez shrugging his shoulders helplessly at the Swede's emphatic service hold.

- - If you would like to see Fernando Gonzalez's relieved reaction to taking the third set, click here to view the photo

5-6 - Gonzalez does his part, and now Soderling must hold to stay in the third set and give us a tie-break. The Chilean delivered two crushing first serves down the T, and Soderling was unable to gain a foothold.

- - To take a look at a photo of Fernando Gonzalez attempting desperately to return a superb Robin Soderling serve, click here

4-4 - Soderling refuses to lose his edge at all, firing two stunning forehand winners to take another service hold and level at 4-4. The pressure is back on Gonzalez, and as in the second set, a single break will be enough.

3-3 - Soderling holds once more, and Gonzalez is irate as a ball he believes drifted out, landed on the baseline from the Swede. Soderling's serve is proving to be a very consistent and potent weapon.

2-2 - Soderling holds and regains the assertiveness he had previously on serve, levelling at 2-2 with a great deal of composure and certainty. Three fine first serves keep Gonzalez frustratedly on the back foot for the majority of the game.

1-1 - Soderling levels at 1-1 with a super-efficient game, taking it to 15 and not allowing his opponent a glimmer of an opportunity to get a foothold in it. The question keeps returning whether the Swede can sustain this form, and the answer keeps being, yes.

7-5 - Soderling clinches the second set! The Swede shows remarkable poise in recovering from 0-30 to close out the set with three fine first serves after a tame smash went wide to give Gonzalez a window of opportunity. Soderling is now in a dominant position in this match, with Gonzalez having it all to do.

5-5 - Soderling holds, but the balance of power shifts slightly as Gonzalez is the one serving with more authority, putting great pressure on his opponent. The Swede produces a clinical finish to the game after the Chilean had pegged him back with three fine forehands.

4-5 - Gonzalez moves to 30-15 with a solid forehand cross court after Soderling had played another deft drop shot. The Swede then powers a backhand winner down the line to bring a break point, but goes long with a sliced backhand. A good first serve saves a second break point, and he holds with another - brilliant resilience from the Chilean!

3-4 - That is much better from Gonzalez, who holds at a brisk pace, despite committing his third double fault of the match, compared to Soderling's unblemished service. The Chilean fires too extravagant forehands down the line, and lets out a roar of approval.

2-3 - A perfectly-placed whipped forehand from Gonzalez down the line gives him 30-30 on his serve, after Soderling had found the line with a fierce backhand winner. The Chilean holds his nerve admirably with good percentage tennis, staying in the rallies to close it out.

1-2 - Gonzalez holds firm, keeping his game together with some clinical forehand combinations, including one blistering strike down the line to beat Soderling's backhand lunge. The second set remains intriguingly on serve.

0-1 - Gonzalez is really struggling to find any rhythm on his serve, under relentless pressure from Soderling, who simply refuses to take a backward step. But the Chilean shows great strength of character in holding with two big forehands to follow first serves and that should help his confidence.

6-3 - Soderling seals the first set! The Swede has a slight wobble as he strikes a wayward forehand long to leave him facing 30-30, but he comes through the test superbly, holding with real composure, finding two first serves to close it out in style.

5-2 - Soderling consolidates his second break of serve to lead 5-2 and move to within a game of taking the opening set. The Swede looks pretty imposing at the moment, with Gonzalez losing his edge slightly.

3-2 - Soderling moves to 40-15 with a precise lob over Gonzalez's head, after the Chilean charged to the net to follow-up a forehand, and the Swede shows good assertiveness on serve this time to hold. Can Gonzalez improve on his previous game now and level at 3-3?

1-2 - Gonzalez races to 15-40, and Soderling goes long with a forehand to give the Chilean a fine start to this first set. Gonzalez found two big trademark forehands to force the advantage, and he will now need to consolidate, keeping his first serve consistent.

1-0 - Gonzalez wastes no time in bringing up a break point with a perfectly-placed backhand at Soderling's feet, but the Swede finds a superb first serve down the T to save it. Soderling shows his solid temperament by holding his nerve to close out the game with a powerful forehand cross court.

0-0 - Robin Soderling wins the toss and demonstrates his confidence by electing to serve first on the Philippe Chatrier court.

- - World number 12, Gonzalez, is one of the most colourful characters on the ATP Tour, with his flashing forehand and aggression. Click here to see the 28-year-old's profile

- - Gonzalez edges the pair's head-to-head record 4-3, winning on both occasions they have met on clay, at the World Team Championship in Germany in 2007 - which was their previous encounter - and at the Monte Carlo Masters in 2006.

- - Chilean Fernando Gonzalez takes on Rafael Nadal's conqueror Robin Soderling in the first men's French Open semi-final at Roland Garros.