Roger Federer is now just three sets from history after an epic win.

The tradition continues, no live tennis from the men’s French Open semifinals in the U.S.

Soderling has a new coach, a new attitude, and a little something called confidence that you get from beating Rafael Nadal in his living room, otherwise known as Roland Garros. Mats Wilander says Soderling’s strength is he “doesn’t give a sh*t,” and that’s the attitude he will need to take into the semis against the free-swinging Gonzalez.

“It’s going to be very difficult,” del Potro said of playing Federer. “We all know how he plays, and we all know what he wants to achieve here now that Rafa is no longer here.”

Serena, of course, says she lost the match rather than the Russian winning.

Sean Randall breaks down the Federer v. Monfils quarterfinal match from Roland Garros later today.

“I always knew that I could play really, really good tennis when I’m on top of my game,” said Soderling.

It was the first appearance in a Slam quarterfinal for the Slovak. For Sharapova it was an unexpected run after injury on her worst surface, where her movement remains a liability.

On tap for Tuesday quarterfinal play are (1) Dinara Safina vs. (9) Victoria Azarenka, and (20) Dominika Cibulkova vs. unseeded former No. 1 Maria Sharapova.

Roger Federer somehow avoided the upset bug today against Tommy Haas.