well today lost for Nadal at Roland Garros is a very­ good example to all players. You dont play to win­ everything. nadal wanted to do that this year and­ finally he ended up losing more and ending his winning­ streak on clay. Firstly he wanted to win all the three­ masters on clay in one season something which has never­ been done before. That was too much work for him and he­ ended up losing in madrid. Everybody can see with me­ that the losing in madrid put together how many games­ he has played brought too much fatique which led to his­ defeat today. If you have been watching all his matches­ at roland garros this year you should have noticed­ already that this was not going to be his year. He has­ been finding difficulties in all his matches.­ Nevertheless his opponent today played at his best­ also. So I give credit to Sonderling for such a good­ performance. Good luck Roger. My money is on you.

hi
i think it was a clay corut so nadal should have won­ the match
thanks
abheet

#383 Do you even know the French Open draw?

Anyway, I­ thought Rafa was gracious in defeat and it would have­ happened sooner or later. Although he said that he­ didn't play well, I think Soderling played him­ great by wrong footing him several times. But­ Soderling's game is very limited.

I read most of the comments.. What has happened to­ morals in this world.. All the remarks I read show how­ low people can go... If Nadal lost this time, it is­ not the end of the world.. nobody can win all the­ tournaments, This is pure mathematics... does not­ work... Soderling played a great game today and should­ be commended for the effort he put into the game..­ Nadal, bad luck and look forward to see you in the­ future slams and tournaments.. and commentators please­ be sportive and sensible ... Bad language and hatred­ takes us nowhere...
Fatima Anabtawi

I had the same feeling as some of the Fed fans when­ seeing the final score. Finally, a great opportunity­ for Fed. However, I don't like some of the harsh­ comments on Rafa or Fed. Sports is great because you­ won't know what's going to happen. You might­ like to watch Kobe vs. Lebron NBA final, or the NBA and­ TV execs more so than you do, but the better teams and­ players (at the moment) will meet in the final. Accept­ this simple truth!

It is really strange and silly how many experts are on­ this forum?! Nole lost, Ana lost, Nadal lost, so WHAT?!­ They are only humans. I love tennis, and all these­ young people, who are working very hard, and it is not­ nice to be so critical.
All the best to all of them!!!

I am so happy Nadal lost. He is going to end up wearing­ himself out with bad knees cuz he goes too hard all the­ time. It's finally catching up with him ..have­ never been his fan. Roger will be #1 again soon...

federer will now eaily win the french open and­ wimbledon its game over for rafa, losing in a 4th round­ match never happened to roger in so many years

Well Well Well, I am not a Nadal fan but if there is­ anything I live about Nadal it is his humility and the­ respect that he has for his fellow players, this is a­ guy that have openly admitted that there is no way he­ can be compared to Federer becos he knows what it takes­ to win a grandslam four times in a role and he made­ that statement also becos he understood the pressure in­ remaining number one for a long time now Mr. TOMMY­ befor u go on blabing by comparing Nadal and Federer­ seat down and take note, there are more hungry and­ dangerous grandslam seekers now we just saw Nadal­ beating by a well taught number 23, Djokovic, Del­ Porto, Murray, Vardasco, Tsonga are couple of players­ that will continue to give Nadal sleepless night as he­ tries to win more grandslams, due to Nadals power play­ he will hardly make it to 11 grandslams before quiting­ the game, some of you wonder why Federer plays such a­ slow and powerless game, well it is the secrete of­ winning grandslams and remaining fit without injuries,­ you are claiming Nadal is not 100% fit well he just­ defeated Hywitt (ex-Number 1) in three straight set and­ u claim he is not 100% fit, please come up with another­ excuse he is more than 100% fit, he just played someone­ that knew his secret just as he also knew Federer's­ secret. Fans of Fedex it is not over until it is over­ even Federer knows this. ENJOY TENNIS EVERYONE

­ Philippe Igoa-Bakersfield
I agree with u perfectly­ word to word except for 3 things:
1) The comments­ about Nadal's doping are just rummors borne out of­ is titannic stamina and shouldn't ever be into­ question. Fed 4 exemple has troumendous playtime,­ because he saves energy and can play 4 long time that­ way. Nadal simply is a colosus endurance kind of guy­ and that is it!
2) The incident with the cameraman waz­ I think as the guy tried to emphasize every aspect of­ Nadals face as he was trying to submerge into the­ spaniard sadness and missfortune. A totally intrusive­ thing to do. And just 1 sec after Nadal pushed him away­ he apologied slightly with his hand, humble like­ always, especially after such an unexpected,­ understandable mistake showing the complete sadness he­ was experiencing...that is something I do not garantee­ I would do. Probably I would have smacked his god damn­ head! :D Just joking. Nadal was great in that moment,­ just like a child who hit with his bicycle a little­ kitty, he apologised and keep on going as the kitty was­ bit haotic walking inthere, and ok at the end. :p
3)­ And the most unagreable thing u've said, is about­ Nadal chewing on his trophies. Well I do give up is a­ bit ennoyig after he beats Fed, but it is nothing to­ show of there. As it started to a masters he first won­ and didn't expect, and the poor guy didn't know­ what to do and did something an the top of his head.­ And that remained a trademark, what the hec should he­ do, rise the trophy over his head like damn Gerrard!?­ No, he just dose that silly little thing cuz of what he­ is acostumed to, not like probably others who already­ have great new triks for the media in case of winning.­
Nadal is a great guy, he is top human spirit, and Fed­ is also a grat guy cuz he has a spirit like an innocent­ boy that dose everything out of pure talent and­ imagination.
They are both Gigantic Characters and the­ ones that don't see that should check first a­ psihologist 'cu

@ Brian; "Sorry­ Verdasco & Federer on Finals­ as most expected."

It looks like Verdasco is on­ his way out too. He is two sets down !!

Nadal's fans should just accept the fact that he­ lost . Stop making stupid excuses . Have some class for­ a change !!

Really? Such shame on you too coz your favorite player­ Nadal knockdown and stunned by Soderling. You may­ accept bro! Doesn't care for you bro if no. 1 upset­ by rank no. 23. But the player on the other hand in his­ quarter room, Nadal is so sad coz he expected in French­ Open most. Same what happen in Madrid Open bro! Sorry­ Verdasco & Federer on Finals as most expected.

sorry for my language but it is true. I can't­ mentioned it in other words. Anyway, we can expect good­ players have good games and good fun too!

Besides, Soderling's great game... No 5 consecutive­ titles for Nadal as much as there were no 5 consecutive­ ones for Federed at Wimbledon. Divine (and unexpected)­ justice does happen :)

I dont understand why this people don't accept that­ RAFA was lost to rank no. 23. The other people reason­ is he lost due to not played well and with his best.­ NO! NO! NO! NO! that is not true & wrong reasons,­ Nadal played well on his best, very well conditioned,­ no injured, and have power. But Soderling have enough­ power of what Nadal has. The best of NAdal is not­ enough to defeat rank no.23 Soderling. Sorry for Nadal,­ it's time now for losing seasons. You see Djokovic­ the first top 4 knockdown and Nadal, and then who­ knows?

First L.... yeah, I won't write such stupid­ comments. However, I am not taking it too personal if u­ think so. you are! However, I am also an admirer of­ both Nadal and Federer; but I support Federer for his­ elegance and good game. I do appreciate you too are but­ please, there is nothing personal in saying you are a­ fake Fed fan. Anyway, u r free to support who u do.­ Sorry for saying u are a fake fan and making it sound­ personal.­

Feeeeddddddddeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrreeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrr­ rrrrr is gonna win now with ease! yet, even if he met­ Nadal again in the final, he would still have beaten­ him. bring it on!

i'm so sorry that Rafa is out :(

Yes at last where are now the RAFANEANS! Rafa­ encountered more power than him. He thinks he is the­ man. Ms. Dementieva is right that RAFA will not pass­ Semifinal match. Rafa style is not existing anymore. If­ he will stop smelling his @#$% during serve maybe he­ can win. At the end, Federer is still the best. Go, Go,­ Go! Federer. Federer still the true champion.