Remember This? Vamos Soderling? Pick A Winner

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Permalink Reply by Chin Be on August 23, 2011 at 11:02pm

Is this the dispute between Robin and Rafa? Youtube's blocked at the workplace :(

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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on August 23, 2011 at 11:26pm

Major!  you got to see this if you have a connection at home.  Soderling and Rafa going at each other, then Soderling yanks on his own shorts and the crowd goes Oooooooh.  Rafa is pissed off!!!

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Permalink Reply by Chin Be on August 23, 2011 at 11:35pm

who won the ensuing point?

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Permalink Reply by Chin Be on August 25, 2011 at 1:02am

I saw it earlier and it was hilarious! No wonder Robin isn't well liked in the locker rooms. I wonder if he's still the way he is or has mellowed out since that incident.

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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on August 25, 2011 at 7:38am

I've heard that he has mellowed out but I bet there is still no love lost between these two.  Sod basically got upset because Rafa was taking so long between points and then expected Sod to be ready when he was finally ready.  I think it was Sod's way of saying, "hey, the world does not revolve around you."

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Permalink Reply by Chin Be on August 25, 2011 at 8:32am

Rafa makes every one wait pretty much. Robin wasn't pulling any punches though.

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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on August 28, 2011 at 7:50pm

Once he did that, Sod found the way to not cower before Nadal. I remember watching that match and thinking, "Geez, this guy hits hard. How deep is the pro tour!"

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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on August 30, 2011 at 7:59am

Interesting take.  So Sod had to man up and get some things off of his chest so that he could look Rafa in the eye and stand a real chance of beating him, and moving up to the next level.  I wonder if this was the last time they played prior to Soderling beating Nadal at the French Open?

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Permalink Reply by Chin Be on August 30, 2011 at 9:33am

Rafa is 6 - 2 over Robin   Head to Head

 

Year	Tournament & City	Surface	Round	Winner & Score
2011	Roland Garros France	Clay	Q	Nadal, Rafael 6-4, 6-1, 7-6(3) Stats
2010	Wimbledon Great Britain	Grass	Q	Nadal, Rafael 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-1 Stats
2010	Roland Garros France	Clay	F	Nadal, Rafael 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 Stats
2009	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals London, England	Hard	RR	Soderling, Robin 6-4, 6-4 Stats
2009	Roland Garros France	Clay	R16	Soderling, Robin 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-4, 7-6(2) Stats
2009	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy	Clay	R16	Nadal, Rafael 6-1, 6-0 Stats
2007	Wimbledon Great Britain	Grass	R32	Nadal, Rafael 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(7), 4-6, 7-5 Stats
2006	Roland Garros France	Clay	R128	Nadal, Rafael 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 Stats

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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on August 30, 2011 at 10:23am

Yeah, I remember Soderling got super whomped on before he finally beat Nadal at the French. He couldn't even hit the simple shots. Guess he came back with a vengeance.

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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on August 30, 2011 at 10:52am

Interesting - so this was a long 5 setter at Wimbledon.  Then next match Soderling got his ass kicked 1 and 0 on clay, and THEN shocked the world at Roland Garros 2009.

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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on August 30, 2011 at 10:56am

Check out the youtube of the Madrid match. Soderling was downright bad. You'd never think someone so nervous and bullied on a line call, would beat Nadal at the French.

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