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Two years earlier at Wimbledon, they faced off in a spicy third round battle which stretched over three days before Nadal finally prevailed in five sets. Those who witnessed it would surely remember Soderling getting under Nadal's skin by mimicking his quirky habit of tugging at his shorts at the start of the fifth set, while the Spaniard was preparing to serve. It's not an act the Swede looks back on with pride, though he says Nadal's tendency to take his time between points had put him off.
I've matured a little bit. You know Rafa is really slow. He takes his time in comparison and that was a really intense and long match with a lot of rain delays," Soderling recalls.
Despite the incident, which was followed by a cold handshake at the end of the match, Soderling maintains his respect for Nadal has never been up for debate. What all three of those top guys, Djokovic, Federer and Nadal, what they did for the sport of tennis is just unbelievable. I think that was really important. Though Soderling himself didn't lack belief on the day he bludgeoned 61 winners in that astounding upset of Nadal, he would eventually fall short in the French Open final against Roger Federer.
The following year at Roland Garros, the Swede would experience the reverse when he ended the Swiss great's reign in the quarterfinals only for Nadal to avenge the previous year's loss with a comfortable win in the final.
Then I could have lost the year after in the first round, no problem," Soderling quips. If he could go back in time and play one of those two finals again, which would he choose? I would probably choose to play Roger again. Against Roger the first year, I was physically feeling well, I was playing well, but mentally I wasn't really ready. Everybody spoke about Roger and he played I don't know how many Grand Slam finals before that one.
That was the first Grand Slam final for me and I was really not experienced enough. Its always best to find out for yourself. By MrRogerfederer13 , April 26, am. By tennismadfan , April 26, am. By unhingedmind , April 26, am. No one seemed to care before that nadal takes a long time. If someone cared, they would have spoken up. Plain and simple, soderling comes off as unprofessional with his attitude and everyone knows it.
After Nadal made fun of him… Do you really think Soderling got a new racket solely to piss off Nadal? And to top it off, mocks nadal.
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