Soderling sets up Del Potro clash

After a brilliant start to the season when he won 18 out of his first 19 matches, the Swedish world number five has won just two matches in his last three tournaments and needed nearly two hours to battle past Chardy.
Sodering enjoyed two incredibly dominant sets in his first match in Portugal; as top seed he received a bye into the second round.
Unfortunately for Soderling those two sets were interrupted by a lapse in concentration, with Chardy leading 4-1 in the second set before the Swede bounced back to force the decider.
Soderling will face another stiff challenge in the last eight when he comes up against Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro.
Eighth seed Del Potro, returning to form after an injury-riddled 2010, eased past Colombia's Alejandro Falla 6-2 6-1 in 71 minutes.
Del Potro, who dropped just six points on serve against Falla, enjoys a 3-1 head-to-head record against Soderling, including a straight sets victory over the Swede at the Miami Masters last month.
Third-seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, awarded a wildcard into the tournament, was sent packing after a 6-2 7-6(0) loss to Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas.
Awaiting Cuevas in the last eight is Thomaz Bellucci, the Brazilian winning an epic encounter with Argentine Euouard Roger-Vasselin 6-3 5-7 7-5 in two hours and 58 minutes.


Source : uk.eurosport.yahoo.com