(CNN) -- Roger Federer has finally won the only grand slam tournament to elude him after beating Sweden's Robin Soderling in straight sets to claim the French Open title at Roland Garros. Federer is the French Open champion at last after beating Robin Soderling in straight sets at Roland Garros. The Swiss world number two had 13 grand slam successes to his name prior to the event, but none of them had been on the Parisian red clay. However, that changed on Sunday as the 27-year-old cruised to a 6-1 7-6 6-4 victory over 23rd seed Soderling, the man who had caused a sensation by dumping four-time winner Rafael Nadal out of the tournament earlier in the week.
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Roger Federer finally wins French Open title with victory over Robin Soderling
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The Swiss world number two beats his Swedish opponent 6-1 7-6 6-4 in Paris
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Federer had won 13 grand slam titles prior to event, but never the French Open
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The success takes him level with Pete Sampras on 14 career grand slam wins
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Roger Federer
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The 27-year-old @placeholder, playing in his 19th grand slam final, could not have wished for a better start under threatening skies, which produced drizzling rain for the majority of the match.
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The @placeholder dropped just one point on his serve in three games, but, in contrast, Soderling's serve was far from convincing and he soon trailed 4-0.
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Robin Soderling
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Robin Soderling
The Swiss dropped just one point on his serve in three games, but, in contrast, @placeholder's serve was far from convincing and he soon trailed 4-0.
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Robin Soderling
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@placeholder got on the scoreboard in the fifth game but he had already been broken twice by then.
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In the seventh game, the @placeholder was facing two set points when a rasping Federer forehand flew past him.
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Roger Federer
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He then attempted to put a cap on the head of @placeholder, who retreated way behind the service line.