Four-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal cruised into the men's singles final at the French Open on Friday after beating Austrian Jurgen Melzer in straight sets.

The world No. 2 from Spain smashed the 22nd Melzer seed 6-2, 6- 3, 7-6(6), setting up a final clash with the fifth seed Robin Soderling.

"I think I played my best match today here in Roland Garros, 2010," said the 24-year-old Nadal, who advanced into the final without losing a set.

 Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after defeating Austria's Jurgen Melzer during their men's semi-final match in the French Open tennis championship, June 4, 2010.

Nadal grabbed a two-set lead dominantly and took completely control in the third set with a service break in the sixth game. However, he didn't only waste the chance to finish the match 6-3, but also suffered service break in the 10th game with a double fault.

"I had just one double fault. That's the only point that I'm not happy. But I can't say anything against myself, because I was serving pretty well all the match," said Nadal who took the tiebreak 8-6.

Before Nadal won his semifinal, Swede Soderling edged out the 15th seed Tomas Berdych of Czech 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, reaching the final at Roland Garros two years in a row.

"Today was really tough to play my own game, because he didn't give me any time at all. The conditions were much quicker, and he was hitting the ball really hard and really flat," said Soderling, who believed that he could have lost the match "because it was very close".

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