Robin Soderling Upsets Roger Federer In The French Open Men’s Quarterfinals!!

Everyone knows I love Roger Federer!  Roger is charming, sexy, smart, multilingual. I can talk all day about Roger Federer.

However, I admit, sometimes Roger is very arrogant and  I think Roger underestimated Robin Soderling.

Robin Soderling of Sweden shocked Roger Federer of Switzerland 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 in the French Open men’s quarterfinals.

Soderling simply overpowered Federer bullying him all over the tennis court.

Roger Federer has a lot on the line in this match and he failed. Federer has played poor tennis during the clay court season and today Robin Soderling was just too good. This is the first time Federer has lost before the semifinals of a grand slam in six years. Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil was the last man to beat Federer in the third round of the  2004 French Open.

I’ve got to give credit to Robin Soderling,  his game has improved dramatically since he shocked Rafael Nadal in the French Open fourth round last year.

After losing the first set, Soderling started to crush the ball off his forehand, backhand, he hit twelve aces in the match. Soderling’s mental toughness has improved. I think this upset is good for men’s tennis, I am tired of watching  Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in grand slam finals.

It is nice to see Robin Soderling demonstrate he has the game to beat the best in men’s tennis.