Soderling wins five-set thriller

Fifth seed Robin Soderling came back from the brink of becoming the biggest casualty so far at this year's Wimbledon as he recovered from two sets down to beat Lleyton Hewitt in a thriller under the Centre Court roof.

Thu, 23 Jun, 2011 - 20:10

Fifth seed Robin Soderling came back from the brink of becoming the biggest casualty so far at this year's Wimbledon as he recovered from two sets down to beat Lleyton Hewitt in a thriller under the Centre Court roof.

Soderling was comprehensively outplayed by Hewitt, the 2002 winner, in the first two sets.

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