should not be a problem for rafa ,but i wish soderling­ wins just to prevent rafa from taking the no.1 ranking­ from roger ,roger deserves to break the pete sampras­ record , i believe for just a week it should not be­ denied

Yesterday I looked at two games from Roland Garros but­ it was a big difference between the two matches. The­ first was a match with two players who competed about­ who had the best serve and who had the best mental­ strength. But we could not see any difference in which­ of them had it. A match where two players just made­ their points on the other's mistakes.
The second­ match, we thankfully saw how to play tennis in a­ semifinal of a Grand Slam tournament. I suggest that­ their coach would send them to visit “Rafael Nadals­ psychiatric clinic”.
In addition also send them to­ Manacor to learn how to play tennis, because to play­ tennis it is not just to have a strong serve, you must­ also learn how to win points trough a good game without­ a lot of mistakes. I am also very disappointed with­ French people. I think they don’t know how to­ appreciate a good game.

Yesterday I looked at two games from Roland Garros but­ it was a big difference between the two matches. The­ first was a match with two players who competed about­ who had the best serve and who had the best mental­ strength. But we could not see any difference in which­ of them had it. A match where two players just made­ their points on the other's mistakes.
The second­ match, we thankfully saw how to play tennis in a­ semifinal of a Grand Slam tournament. I suggest that­ their coach would send them to visit “Rafael Nadals­ psychiatric clinic”.
In addition also send them to­ Manacor to learn how to play tennis, because to play­ tennis it is not just to have a strong serve, you must­ also learn how to win points trough a good game without­ a lot of mistakes. I am also very disappointed with­ French people. I think they don’t know how to­ appreciate a good game.

Pour le public français sur Roland Garros je tiens à­ annoncer que a été dans tous les journaux ici, en Suède­ à Robin Söderling ont dit à nouveau qu'il ignorer­ que le public huer comme il joue pour lui-même.­ C'est dans également reportage qu'il ne se­ soucie pas du public français

OK Jude, if you wish to be put yourself in that­ category of people that's fine. You'll be­ ignored from now on.

People I was absent, my last post was on Fri 4 Jun­ 8:43PM .. I didn’t whrite this @#$%, of course. Sorry­ if anyone is insulted and think it was me, no !
so­ finally my nick is stolen.. I just hope they will leave­ my e-mail address alone.
Honestly I expected this to­ happen much earlier ?! :-)
Sadly this is done by people­ who were chasing me on this forum for a long time, with­ some breaks.
I’m sorry that I insulted Federer`s fan`s­ with my “predictions”, but there were some fans who­ appreciated my later words of admiring towards Federer,­ and saw it as a sign that people can change.
After­ that, you could hear from me mostly positive words­ towards him, but also discussions yes, and passion… but­ this is all about it ha ? Sharing the opining.
but I­ can not remember I have ever used some ugly words after­ all, like they are doing for my favorites..
So­ b,i,t,c,h, if you think you have won this, no you­ ain`t !
I will never stop believing. It is my right to­ believe.
Some good posters will recognize me here­ again, after some time.. thanks for your support !
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Yes YiannisP you did explain yourself sufficiently.­ However, I still believe you are a complete and utter­ MORON. I also rather liked the term 'dipstick'­ that Sanchez-Santos refered to you as the other day.­ Now get back onto that bandwagon and run along on the­ back of Soderlings success will you!!

I agree with Gavin! true!

Even if Soderling wins on Sunday it doesn’t matter, we­ all know he will never be mentioned once he retires, he­ will never be a great player like Rafa or Roger.
I­ don’t like Soderling’s attitude, he needs personality­ lessons before he plays any kind of sport, I think he­ is such a pathetic arrogant rude person, he has nothing­ good to say about any other players, simply he is not a­ sport man with that attitude…

Soderling has been fantastic at RG and i want him to­ take a step further and win the title. However his SF­ performance was not good enough to get the job done­ against Rafa. Hope he steps it up and wins his first GS

All just goes to show how far Murray is off the pace at­ the sharp end of the big time.

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30. Your comments kinda reflect on your name

I dont know, the final is hard to predict because we­ don't know if Söderling can play his best tennis.­ If he does so it will for sure not be easy for Nadal.­ We know Nadal's gonna play well like always but­ what will he do if Söd bangs his first serves in with­ high %? He didnt play too well today but still he lost­ his serve only 4 times and 5 sets. For Rafa it will be­ very different from his previous matches here because­ he will be under constant pressure 'cause the thing­ about Söd is that he can hit winners (not just aces)­ even against him.

To win against Rafa on clay you­ have to have a huge serve and hit flat and heavy­ groundstrokes like Söd while all the guys who use a lot­ of topspin play straight into Rafa's hands. Of­ course Söd needs to play better than today but dont­ make too much of this match because Berdych is­ completely different than Nadal. Berdych is a huge­ hitter like Söd and he didnt allow him to dominate the­ rallies the way he likes to. Anyway I cant wait for the­ final, its more open than for years.

'As I said before, Soderling is going to gun Nadal­ down.­ End of story.
He doesn't like the guy and­ wants his­ scalp. And I don't blame him.'

Not­ sure what you mean by the last statement YiannisP,­ 'And I don't blame him'. Please explain? To­ me you sound like a bitter Federer fan (no offence to­ the likes of the genuine fans like Coolworld etc who­ see appreciate other players and speak sense) who has­ suddenly jumped on the back of the Soderling bandwagon­ even though they beat their idol. How strange,­ incidentally, I supported Federer in last years final­ (and at the time I was the first to get the boot in­ about Fed). However, some people grow up over time and­ become less childish, others don't evidently.

6 times in a row with no serve, ha ha, good sarcasm man­ :)

Spirited performance from Soderling today & the­ tournament throughout so far. Hats off to Magnus­ Norman, he's done a fantastic job with Robin. If­ Soderling can play like he did against Rafa last year­ & like Roger in the quarters we should be in for a­ cracker of a match. I don't think for a second that­ it will be a walk in the park for Nadal.

Lets face it, Soderling could easily win this final if­ he is keeping his power accurate. Iam no particular fan­ of his but hope he wins. I want Nadal and­ Federer's domination to cease, it's boring. ­ I thought Berdych played more intelligent tennis than­ Soderling but like Nadal ,Soderling just bulldozers his­ opponent. Berdych has suddenly fulfilled his potential­ and it's going to be nice to see him rise higher­ now.

What is boring was this match (Sod-Berdych). Omg awsome­ rhythmless match

Those of you that think Nadal had no potential­ threat,are you kidding yourself?Almagro was a hudge­ threat.Djokovic was a potential opponent but he crashed­ out.Not dropping a set at this stage is a great­ achievement.In 2008, when he was going to play Federer­ in the final,I remember all the predictions that­ Federer was a bigger and stronger person then.But he­ still prevailed and won the final set 6-0.He can win.He­ has it in him to win.He wants his French title and the­ number 1 place back.However,Soderling will be difficult­ to beat.I wish Nadal well.VAMOS RAFA!