Roger Federer had previously lost all three of his quarterfinals at Paris Masters . The 29-year - old beats Gerald Patterson to set up semifinals with last year 's runner - up Gael Monfils . Fourth seed Robin Soderling will play dark seed Michael Russell in other semifinal . Frenchman Llodra became the first unseeded player to reach last four since 2007 .
Roger Federer had previously lost all three of his quarterfinals at Paris Masters . The 29-year-old beats Jurgen Melzer to set up clash with last year 's runner-up Gael Monfils . Fourth seed Robin Soderling will play dark horse Michael Llodra in other semifinal . Frenchman Llodra became the first unseeded player to reach last four since 2007 .