The Day Nadal Made an ENEMY ● When Tennis Gets Personal 

Correction: The match itself began on Saturday, but it started raining at the warm up. The first game was on Monday, so when I put 'Saturday' is actually 'Monday'. Nadal vs Soderling, 3rd Round of Wimbledon 2007. 92 hours of time lapse since it started until it finished, 4 hours played. Like & Subscribe for more Tennis content! Twitter: twitter.com/sLlorcaTennis

Even though some players have a special dislike for Nadal, I don't think Nadal has enemies. If Nadal likes you, he's going to give a 100% to beat you. If he doesn't like you, he's going to give 100% to beat you. There's no difference.

Circus moments aside, this was actually an AMAZING tennis match in terms of technical performance by both players.

16:02 is where the show starts.

Loved those times, I missed them a lot. Pirate Nadal... We don't appreciate the things until we lose them.

This was an amazing Tennis match. Both wanted it bad. And the quality of play was outstanding.

I forgot how well Nadal moved in 2007 and 2008. He's still pretty good but back then, he could run as well if not better than any guy on tour.

On the bright side it seems Soderling and Nadal have a better friendship nowadays. Or at least a mutual respect. Also a side note: Nadal hit so many underrated trick shots at Wimbledon 2007. Maybe his most entertaining tournament outside the AO 2009 for obvious reasons

Love the attention that you give to some details. I had never seen this interview at the beginning, love to see it.

Thanks for uploading this match and the interview of Rafa at the beginning & end. Much appreciated 👏🏻

Nadal does not make enemies; Soderling does...and he made Nadal his enemy. Correct the title of this video please...

Sod was the antithesis of your quiet, mild-mannered Swede in Borg & Edberg. He mellowed over time.

rafa is really somebody with true values I admire him for that

Love this match, this highlight. Lovely flashback

Nadal and his sleeveless t-shirt and capry shorts😍 are unforgettable

El tiempo ha puesto a cada uno en el lugar que se merece

Sos grande Rafa!! Y un buen tipo!!

the epic handshake (of a sour soul). regardless, Rafa mi idolo siempre.

The shot at 18.50 is unreachable for most people... absolutely unbelievable how superhuman Rafael Nadal makes it

Very entertaining video! Definitely subscribing now! Lots of good content and information in this video (and drama lol)!

Rafa is such a champion... incredible mindset. Vamos rafa

Pero que partidazo impresionante ambos manteniendo la cabeza en el juego luego de tantas interrupciones y dejando todo en la cancha. Nadal supremo por dios que manera de forzar el error en el rival o de sacar tiros imposibles con el peor de los angulos. Y Soderling un tempano de hielo contra uno o el mejor jugador todo terreno de todos los tiempos levantando 5 match points ufff que partidazo

Genial Rafa ..... Como siempre!!!!!!

I never recognized Söderling like that. Thank You for the upload.

Es la grandeza de un deportista. Bravo 👌 Rafa.

Un partido de una intensidad y una calidad increíbles. Lástima que este estupendo espectáculo no lo fuera tanto por la penosa actitud de Soderling!

Es muy fácil comprender, para una mente normal, que Soderling es un sacador nato, y si la lluvia interrumpe el juego en tres ocasiones, el descanso beneficia al sacador, de ahí que pudiese mantenerse en el partido. SI observas, en líneas generales, cuando los partidos se hacen largos, la efectividad del nivel del servicio va disminuyendo. TIENE MUCHO SENTIDO.

Attitude doesn't take you anywhere. Today Rafa and Fed are the best buddies coz they have huge respect for each other. While now no one remembers Soderling.

Amazing level of Nadal in this match...

En lo que duró el partido nacieron 2M de niños, murieron 5M de viejos y yo pasé del Alcatel OneTouch Easy a un iPhone 3

Fué un jugador mediocre...pero tu Rafa tocaste la.gloria y demostraste lo profesional que eres...Eres admirable Rafa

excellent highlights

He saved Federer from not having a single Roland Garros :D

Rafa serás por siempre la leyenda del tenis, number one

Soderling tuvo suerte con las suspensiones del partido, eso le benefició para mantenerse. Si no hubiera llovido le hubiera durado a Nadal tres sets.

I'm friendly and nice to people especially when they are nice. It's always strange when I'm nice to someone and then they use a lot of energy to be cold in return. So strange. I never understood that

En el partido de Roland Garros 2009, donde Soderling ganó a Nadal, el sueco fue, junto con el público parisino, de lo más irrespetuoso y desagradable con Nadal, pareciera que todos le tuvieran cuentas pendientes. Ahora, cada uno en su lugar en la historia, Rafa con 21 GS, de ellos 13 Roland Garros, Soderling retirado desde hace mucho, y el público de París...., pues rendido al mejor en su torneo.

so sad for Söderling. Such a great player, he was able to compete against the best of the best in their primes and on their best surfaces. He had big results in grand slams and a promising career. And then he had to retire at age 26 because of a disease. Such a shame... tennis history could've taken a different path with him

To me, Söderling was and still is the most disagreeable player of the last 20 years in tennis.

Raffa is brilliant, excellent player, good sense of humour, very mindful of others. Compassionate. When you have dedicated your heart, soul and constantly giving 100%, travelling away from home. Not many people can do this. Only the top end sports people like Raffa!

Jajajajj no se puede comparar a la persona d Rafa Nadal con este otro q pasó x ahí un par d años y encima con aires d grandeza despreciando a sus compañeros... Rafa es deportista español más grande d toda la historia. Como persona incomparable con el sueco.

Nadal es un señor, además de un gran atleta

players should know the other created so wonderful match. they should appreciate their opponents.

En recomendado me ha salido este canal y me he dado cuenta que se apellida como yo y le gusta el tenis que grandee

Aparte de ser uno de los mejores de la historia, nadal es un gran chico y muy humilde. Síguenos deleitando con tu tenis. Saludos desde chile..

Nadal best player of all time. How can you not like this guy

Soderlings Forehand was a problem for Nadal. It was flat, strong and accurate especially when he beat Nadal at the French open.

Que partidazo!!! Wow los de ahora no se han acercado a este tipo de juegos .

Rafa pouring his heart out to the Spanish media because the English media would not pay much heed to him - looks like. OMG Rafa's face had such childlike innocence unbelievable - because these things were neither telecast in our media nor did a lot of us have the time to watch or appreciate tennis and its stars of those years... we just knew of these guys from the last page headlines... looks like we missed quite a bit :-)

Soderling was the first player ever to beat Nadal at Roland Garros (2009) and remains to this day the only player besides Đoković who was able to do that. He was without a doubt top 10 player and would have competed for GS titles (I personally think he would have at least won 1 GS), but unfortunately he was diagnosed with mononucleosis in 2011 and that effectively ended his career. In the past few years, he was very honest about his mental health problems he was having in combination with his physical illness. Anxiety and panic attacks were the result of the pressure you have to handle being a professional athlete at that level and Soderling explained nobody teaches you how to take care of yourself mentally which is equally as important as taking care of your body. I hope Federer at least bought him a yacht or something as a sign of gratitude, without that 2009 win against Rafa, Roger would not have that one French Open title that he has in his career

Imagine Söderling vs Rosol!

pasado los años se hicieron grandes amigos

Nadal have grown so much from this match. Very professional in his approach of the game. Well balanced person and I can understand why some would hate or dislike him. He is the BEST!

Söderling has commented couple of Nadal matches on swedish television and he had nothing but respect and good things to say about him. He doesn´t "hate" Nadal at all. The only thing Söderling "hated" was loosing. That was the thing that triggered his panic attacks and finished his carrer.

Can't compare to Nadal, this other guy, who was there for only a couple of years, and to top of that, with delusions of grandeur, looking down on other players. Rafa is a down to earth, has class and breeding, unlike that other guy. Rafa is the greatest tennis player from Spain 🇪🇸

Ver ese cesped y recordar las titanicas batallas entre Rafa y Roger!!! Ya no lo volveremos a ver mas!!!

He is the only one that I've seen in the world of tennis with the "Machine Accuracy" throughout the whole match.

I think luckily I did not see this game live, or I would have twice as many gray hair as I have now, they are due to 17 years of watching Nadal games like this one. When I started to follow Rafa I was the age that Nadal is now! My daughter is 17 years old, I enrolled her in tennis classes when she was 5 years old, a pity that she did not do as well as Coco Gauff.

We have a talk show here in Sweden called "Sommarpratarna" which Robin Söderling was invited to last year. He talked about this match. He explained how he tried to interrupt all of Nadal's OCD behavior because he was annoyed by how it was always the way Nadal wanted things to go. For example leaving the dressing room last and walking last in on the court and so on. Robin tried to disrupt all that. I think that is why it got to 5 sets.

Menudo alegron me lleve asido la victoria más complaciente para mi

El puto amo como persona y deportista

NADAL, EL MÁS GRANDE DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS.

Rafa: I want to win the French more than anything in the world Rafa: I want to win Wimbledon just as much.

Rafa è il più onorevole tennista di tutti i tempi. Le offese di soderling sono abominevoli

Not checking on your opponent when he/she falls is like saying 'the win is more important to me than your health' and not appologizing after the net gave you a free point is saying 'I want the win even though I might not deserve it'

Good match, but you could tell Söderling had a snotty, disdainful attitude toward Nadal. I think that nastiness fueled Nadal tho lol. If Söderling had been more decent he might have fared better that day, ironically.

Rafa is such a champion but more importantly is one of the most humble and friendly player.

Nadal le bajo los humos a nivel del suelo al sueco que era el ser más agrio dentro del tenis mundial le dio una lección de humildat

0:52 wow what a rally haha

I wish you could listen to Söderlings "summertalk" on Swedish Radio. Fascinating. He was struggling with panic attacks because he pushed himself to hard. I wish people could give him a break and appreciate his odd character and the fact that he did put in all his effort to beat Nadal. I´m a huge Nadal-fan but in true fairness, he does get away with a lot of antics, right?

Soderling tenía algún tipo de problema mental. Me alegro de que no ganara ningún GS. Era muy desagradable.

Soderling would fistpump an opponent getting struck by a bolt of lightning.

The crowd must have been blown out of their minds..

Es q tú eres especial,tu educación es transparente,tus padres lo an hecho mui bien ,,,,sabes q mi hija tiene cuatro días más q tu es del 86 del 28 de mayo,,también es mui educada. Biquiños desde Galicia

Era necesario poner más de 20 minutos de highlights?

"Le jour où j'ai fait une faute d'orthographe monstrueuse dans le titre d'une vidéo, et en MAJUSCULES en prime"

It would be interesting to hear Soderling's opinion on this.

Qué partido más accidentado y ganó quién tenía que ganar. No imaginé que fuese tan antipático el Soderlings jajajajaja, es único Rafael Nadal!!!

El juego treminó como debía ser, ganando Nadal. Agresiva actitud por parte del Soderlings pobrecillo seguramente tenía en ese momento sus broncas, pero bueno los demás que culpa tienen, cada ser humano recibe lo que genera. Vaya que éste partido sí se alargo!!!

I watched the whole video, but I don't see what Soderling did to become an enemy. Most of the match was tennis as usual. A few more rain delays than normal, but that's about it.

Rafa has since learned to keep more of his thoughts to himself with the press.

5 play suspensions, 5 match points. Played over several days. That's what you call a grand slam classic. Honestly I hate the roof. The drama of the pre roofed Wimbledon matches will be unmatched, pun intended! And Soderling was something refreshing the otherwise predictable world of tennis badly needed. And unlike some other players he doesn't argue with the umpire. He is just super honest, that's all.

Lo bien portado de Nadal...ante todo .... vamos Nadal ...🎾💕💪🏽

If a competitor does not say hello, that can easily be attributed to staying focused.

GOAT

Nadal one of the nicest men on tour without doubt and the goat facts he is such a great ambassador for tennis vamos nadal cant speak highly enough of the man 💪💪💪

Very respectfull Soderling. Bravo, gentelman! The one who dont know how to lose, doesn't deserve to win

The rain saved soderling soo many times lol 😆

Solderling really admires Nadal so much especially after his retirement.

Criminally underrated match, what a performance by the due, classic 👏

I remember this match. Took like a week to complete.

Rafa has been a gentleman every time I've seen him play. For him to speak negatively about someone must mean that person has really, seriously, misbehaved.

Yo recuerdo el partido que Rafa pierde en París contra Soderling, su primera derrota en Roland Garros, los gestos que hacía el sueco, con desprecio, espoleado por el público. En fin, la historia es la que es y ha puesto a cada uno en su lugar por méritos propios.

Intense , intense, intense Match...

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Soderling one of the most disrespectful players of all the time. Good that Rafa gave his answers on the court

Soderling is the one guy who has really been able to get under Nadal's skin at times.

Grande paisano

Soderling was a beast. His downfall due to mono nucleosis (or something else?) was stunning. Soderling is the man who beat an uninjured and prime Nadal on red clay at Roland Garros. Say what you want, but that is an astonishing achievement.

This is nothing, you should see Nastase, Connors, J Mac