The Rafael Nadal's SWEETEST REVENGE: French Open 2010 Final 

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@@manoloabrina3952 grave luck.call me

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Monfils and Tsonga confirmed that Nadal had angina in the 2009 match with Soderling. Had he been healthy, he wouldn't have even lost that one.

@@delriver77 Really? He had Vagina in 2009? That'll do it every time. Every boxer knows you never have it before a match. Guess Rafa is a bit slow?

Lol. Are you suggesting that players should be afraid of making an enemy of him?

@@JiraiyaSama86 YES 😂

@@thebigsquirrel50 kinda reminds me of when Wolverine got introduced in X-Men movie. "Anything goes. Just don't go below the belt." "I thought you said anything goes?" "I know. But if you do, he'll make it personal." 😂😂😂😂

He must love Dustin then, because he doesn't show up against him.

@@dayostical from what I've seen, he doesn't dislike him

Tbh rafa at his absolutely worst was beaten only twice

Unbelibable

At his worse too

Indeed!!!

He was at his best in 2009. And also in 2011 when he almost lost, and on other years. Many times proven he is beatable. Beatable, but hard task, and if the player who has the chance does not believe in it, like Del Potro, or Djok, or Isner, then you lose the opportunity and the confidence of the court return to this very very good player. The Swede had proper mentality when he was on great day.

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100% Classic NADAL! How Tio Tony trained him

Amazing

They didn't like each other, it was not just an opponent to win. It was a personal war beetwen two of them. You can see more about that on internet and i rememberr also Nadal had personal issues with him. One of the reason Soderling def Nadal at FO he managed to get into his head.

If you read Rafa's autobiography, you'll know that travelling back from the AO, his father told him he and Rafa's mum were separating. Also you know from the book that his family means everything to him. The news devastated Rafa, it took him many, many months to recover his emotional equilibrium, and I'm convinced it played a large part in his defeat by Soderling. He just wasn't his usual self, mentally.

@@michelez715 True. That was definitely another major factor. That definitely destabilized him and took away his focus: his family life instantly turning upside down on him. Just seemed like a confluence of things went against him that year, which sucked. At least it made 2010 all the more sweeter I guess.

@@michelez715 True, but between that news about his parents and the Soderling loss at RG, Rafa still managed to win Indian Wells, Monte Carlo and Rome and play the final in Madrid. He was still putting up very impressive results in that period.

It was a really bad yr fr him with so many physical problens

You should write a blog buddy I'd surely read it

Nadal proceeded to beat Soderling at the 2010 French Open final, 2010 Wimbledon QF, and 2011 French Open QF. Nadal won all 3 of these tournaments. I think Nadal more than made up for that one random fluke loss at a Grand Slam to Soderling in 2009.

That's just Mats Wilander, he's known for bone-headed, and frankly, stupid-ass comments like that. Rafa ain't afraid of Soderling of all people.

Its crazy how you still see commentators doubt him even today and act as if he cant problem solve and reduce his opponents to human rubble on this surface at will. Its beyond frustrating how little he gets his just due to this day. Not every one of them but there are always a few boneheads who think they have him all figured out and buy whoever's hype that comes along.

@@ElReyDeClay They’ve gotten a bit better about this more recently, but they always talked about his defense. That’s all. They acted like he was talentless and brainless but since he “tries hard” and is fast, that’s why he’s great. In reality, and as we’ve seen especially these last few years, Nadal is one of the most aggressive baseliners ever. He bullies guys around the court, he rarely misses when he’s attacking because his strength allows him to attack with margin, he’s an absolute machine at net, and I’d argue he’s the best tactician of all time. The reality is, he’s more well-rounded than Djokovic and probably even Federer. He has the best mix of offense and defense of all time. Hell, on clay he’s probably both the best offensive player and the best defensive player of all time. That’s how good he is. The only things that have held him back are his serve (which he’s fixed) and injuries.

@@unowen7591 supposedly, but he's really just bad overall. I don't know if he does commentary anymore, but I haven't heard from him recently

@@thebigsquirrel50 He definitely still works for eurosport. Commentating, doing studio analysis etc

That still comes as a better performance than his 2015 performance against Novak. He played quite close to his original level in 2009 I believe. Soderling was just a monster that day, and it was only a matter of time until Rafa could get used to his style as well. But I'm sure Soderling would've found a way to win the FO had he not had mono.

Bollocks. After all cold symptoms can go to zero for at least 6-8 hours with very simple meds. Many players play as such. After it has been proven many years that Nadal is beatable in RG, at least in 4 different years.

@@innosanto if your throat is hurting you probably have an infection which is a little worse than a simple cold symptom. There is no medicine that can alíviate that, especially when it requires for you to be physically active. The fact that he never said a word about his illness that day, speaks a lot about Rafa.

So you are saying that this result happened because of Rafa´s situation and that´s it? Basically, according to your logic, Soderling can be taken out of the equation, put any other player, and it would have been the same outcome, just and mostly because Rafa had problems? Really? Besides, how did it Rafa to win the 3 previous matches (this was 4th round) if he wasn´t ready to play? You know, Robin Soderling, as the info in the video says, just to prove that this wasnt pure luck, made his way to the final AGAIN next year. So, we could say, that MAYBE, the guy could play some tennis. According to my logic, if you enter the court, no matter if you are Rafa, Novak, Roger or the 100th guy in the ranking, if you enter the damn court, you are READY to play. If the injury (body or mind) is very serious, you just can´t play. All the players on tour, ALL of them, have physical problemas, pain, and personal problems aswell. They have to live with that, and the can still play, because they are PROs, so you know, maybe Rafa has played with personal problems many other times, but he still won. You´ll never know. My point is, this whole logic about putting the big star (in this case Rafa but it´s the same with all) as the victim when they don´t win, I dont buy it. It sounds like a bitter excuse in defeat. This guys can lose too. The big 3 are the best, not just because they hit the yellow ball better than the rest, but because they can handle mentally all the situations around the sport, winning and LOSING

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Mats Wilander makes lot of dumb statements

He talked about power. Nadal has great power, but relies. Also on very fast legs, greaf power, and great amount of top spin.

Wilander was right tho, Nadal's strokes aren't as powerful as Soderling's, but Soderling just heavily relies on his strokes, whereas Rafa has other attributes to himself.

Yeah, but this was in 2010. and not 2021. when he has 2 game lost now.

Fabulous

2022 he won his 14 and in 2024 he will win his 15th

​@@Laland_1196He won't. He's done

@@aparajitroy629 at his age no one can reach even semifinal .so it's nothing to be ashamed of ..if he is fit he can win Roland Garros next year

@@Laland_1196 His time is over. Everyone's time comes to an end. He will probably end up with 22 Slams and 14 RG's

@@aparajitroy629 let's see in 2024

???? ... Coincido en que Nadal te traía pelotas inhumanas, pero su tenis era muy basico... Otra cosa que no me gustaba era que cuando ya tenía ganado el punto, parecía como si le tirase la pelota al cuerpo a su rival, cuando bien podía esquinar tranquilo su tiro.

@@LuisLopez-fo6hx jaja no se que partidos has visto de Nadal, a veces era muy superior y decir que era muy básico, no sé, no lo acabo de ver, manejaba muchos tipos de tiros, y ha ganado en todo tipo de pistas, lo de tirar la pelota al cuerpo... Pues no me suena que fuera algo ni mucho menos habitual, todos habrán hecho eso alguna vez, lo que si hacía mucho era jugar con pelotas altas o bajas dependiendo lo que le molestara al rival, y no veo que puede haber de malo en eso. La verdad que sí puedo decir que Alcaraz ahora ha sido un soplo de aire fresco, porque al final la juventud hace mucho.

No niego lo del efecto pero si tengo que definir a Nadal como jugador es un 70% defensa y 30% todo lo demas... Cuando ve que no puede ser superior a su rival empieza a aplicar su clásica defensa... No es un juego vistoso carece de técnica.

@@LuisLopez-fo6hx pues aunque no lo creas para defender también hay que tener técnica, sobre todo si la sabes aplicar a un buen ataque luego, y eso no lo hace cualquiera. En fútbol uno de los mejores aplicando defensa más ataque es Modric, ahí es nadie. Nadal siempre ha tenido buen ataque también, hay infinidad de peloteos memorables. Lo que pasa que un partido es muy largo y si tienes ese tipo de táctica y te funciona contra un rival es fácil que la quieras usar sin tener que recurrir a un mejor juego, pasa exactamente lo mismo en el fútbol. Sólo que tiene la contrapartida que contra rivales complicados te pueden reventar, y a la larga no me extraña abusar de ese tipo de juego le haya perjudicado físicamente con tantas lesiones. Pero ya digo eso es técnica también, no era imponente o no lo parecía pero a los rivales les complicaba tanto o más cuando jugaba más defensivo.

Ronalgordo Ya cuando dices que no era IMPONENTE o no lo parecía apunta a que no superaba a sus rivales por juego, Si no por defensa, no digo que por ejemplo si te sirve no lo usas, pero en cuanto a disfrutar su tenis la verdad que no pero si hacía que los partidos se alargen y los iba desgastando a sus rivales. Gran sacrificio fisico, defensa, contragolpe en lo demás muy limitado.

Revenge for AO 2019 for sure as both players were in great form then and that was a surprising beatdown. RG 2015 was different, Rafa was just having a horrible year and that was when Novak was in peak form, playing some of his best ever tennis. Everyone knows that 2015 was not the real Rafa, just as 2017 was not the real Novak.

@@ashleythomas4112 Great point.

AO 2012 Final with Rafa and Joker was one of the best ever too. 6hrs and some change. Unbelievable!!

@@ashleythomas4112 Federer 2013 Nadal 2015 Djokovic 2017 (first half 2018 too) If you beat them then it didn’t really count, they really weren’t at their best

@@BrandonSG13 federere 2020-2021 too

River Jamir, you're right. On the way back from AO 09, Rafa's Dad told him abt the divorce, and it destroyed Rafa. It took him a long time to come to terms with it, and it surely affected him that year, along with injuries.

@@michelez715 Hahaha the injury-card excuse! You rafa fans also use the injury-card excuse for the wawrinka loss in Australian Open 2014 and the loss to Djokovic in Roland garros 2015. Shame on you. And if rafa had lost Roland garros this year, you would have blamed on injury, despite that rafa probably was 100 % phyisically and 100% mentally fit the entire tournament.

@@scottwarren4998 Absolutely correct!

It is because Nadal broke him mentally. Nadal beat Soderling in the 2010 French Open final, 2010 Wimbledon QF, and 2011 French Open QF. I am sure that if Soderling had beaten Nadal even one more time he would have continued his career. He thought for the longest time that he was special when he beat Rafa at the 2009 French Open but he saw with his own eyes that that was one of the greatest flukes in sports history in the 3 Grand Slam defeats afterwards.

@@nogoodnameleft ... no. He got Mono, which severely fucked him up and messed with his body (think it still does). Give Robin some respect here, man.

​@@nogoodnameleftnadal made soderling mentally ill?😂 listen I love nadal certainly one of The goats but his ignorant fans are the dumbest ones of any athlete I know

He was very rude especially with Nadal. Hurt people hurt. Obviously he had mental problems .

@@mariapilarme I think Nadal was rude to him instead and stories were made

Absolutely, Soderling never stood a chance in the first place

unowen7591 No

@@unowen7591 He was sick in 2009 and 2015 was one of his worst years, when even Murray beat him on clay once or twice (which goes to show that he wasn't in a good year).

Neil Dixit Of course, 2015. season was his worst ever... But the match and comeback against Rosol in Basel was the moment when he started to play better by every next match. Good memories...

@@unowen7591 Yes, he was sick then as well. But he was absolutely fine in 2017 and was defeated brilliantly by federer's magic in Aus Open. He was well placed to win that Aus Open. In my opinion, he has been never defeated at RG. Its a mind-numbing record.

You got your wish! Lol

@@LeakproofPanic I'm surprised.

Pues ya lo ha hecho, i tanto tú como yo estamos contentos💪💪💪💪💪💪🎾🇪🇦

Fue un público impresentable...

Verdad

Después de Federer y Djokowitch

@@steewieve846 hemos dicho mejor deportista español. Y mejor que Novak y Federer es.

@@Comuzzy tiene razón en cuanto a lo otro eso será para Vd. Se que es un gran jugador pero no puedo con su tenis.

And a 6-0 score against Djokovic in 1st set

Yes

And now that Djokovic has created history by defeating him in 2021 semis, he will revenge at Wimbledon or US Open where Nole is favoured.. or maybe revenge at 2022 RG

He has only ever lost 2 matches there also

He has now

You missed their ATP Finals match

On clay? Every time! But, as Rafa has said a few times, when Roger beat The Sod to win RG and complete his career slam Rafa was so happy for him that he wept tears of joy. That's the kind of person Rafa is.

@@marilynwasserman9860 No ... Federer's beaten Nadal on clay 2 times (out of 16, so not that great is it on paper). Never at RG in 6 meetings ... 4 finals and 2 semi finals. Rafa really is a great sportsman, I agree.

@@marilynwasserman9860 really?

Awesome

Yeah😂

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*EL MEJOR DEL TIEMPO!!*

I agree. He would have won several slams. Such a loss for the sport.

Nadal has won in other surfaces as well, and many more than that other guy who's gone now and will never be in history at the same level as Nadal 🤣🤣🤣

it wasn't only illness that made him retire. he had a bad psych for tennis. he always had anxiety and stress from tennis, event at home. the big 3 can relax better at home.

Depression happened

The point that ended at 5:16

Now he did history again in the US Open.

Soderling had 15 minutes of fame, he will never be in history at the same level as Nadal. Wouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence when speaking of records

Creo que ya hay una de hecho

The player who benefited from Soderling's early retirement was Wawrinka who would be coached by Magnus Norman!! Norman was Soderling's coach when he went to back to back French Open finals. He would coach Wawrinka to 3 major titles including his 1st when he would defeat Rafa in the '14 Australian Open final in 4 sets.

What is a shame is he was (and still is) so jack....ss. Sorry.

He was in his career best form in 2010 sir.

@@arslaanpasha3334 i think he means in 2009 when he lost

Hahaha the injury-card excuse! You rafa fans also use the injury-card excuse for the wawrinka loss in Australian Open 2014 and the loss to Djokovic in Roland garros 2015. Shame on you. It looked like rafa ran around just like normal vs soderling in RG 2009.

No habría sido capaz? No supongas en vano, nadie sabe lo que hubiera sido de ese partido si Nadal hubiera estado "bien". De todos modos un campeón se las arregla estando bien o mal, no excuses a Nadal, el perdió bien. O si no compara ese partido con el que tuvo hace poco contra Casper Ruud en la final, Nadal venía de partidos largos, problemas con su rodilla y pie, luego de ganar la final tuvo que estar un rato en silla de ruedas, si Nadal hubiera perdido tu crees que se hubiera excusado por sus molestias físicas y mentales? Las veces que perdió por culpa de eso, no lo hizo.

Yeah in QF i think

More like the God of Clay

@@Ky-fm8ho A-G-R-E-E-D. Dare I say he is the Greatest Of All Time? Definitely the Greatest On Clay. I just love watching him play, on any surface. Best defensive player, EVER, but turns aggressor with just a swing of his tennis racket. LOVE IT! Nadal Is My Champion!!

He simply said he hit too short after FO 2009 against soderling, must be lack of strength in strokes due to fatigue or physical problems. 2010 he changed to hit deeper.

​@@markfish1113Nadal has lost multiple times on clay.

@@aparajitroy629yes but he havent lost in FO final. It plays on sunny summer afternoon which is everyone's weakness even Djokovic. Some of FO semis and quarters matches are at night as RG installed lights and Nadal would lose there. The night conditions are cold, rainy and high density, the balls travel much faster.

He had a case of mononucleosis that went untreated for a long time, then it got so bad he couldn't recover well enough to get back on court.

he got sick. He also had a bad psych for tennis. Tennis made him get anxiety and stress even when he was at home in his house. He couldn't relax. the big 3 can relax when they get home, soderling couldn't.

2009 Nadal was at his best, in great form. 2011 as well and almost lost there as well. Nadal. Is the best ever in RG but still beatable as shown many times. As well with Isner or Del Potro etc.

Marketing = Federer

Dijo que jugaba al tenis no para hacer amigos su carácter iel haberle ganado a Nadal una vez se creyó número uno inadal lo destruyó x conpleto

@@cutcut1104 por eso mismo...si hubiera controlado sus emociones más allá de perder partidos con Nadal hubiera llegado mas lejos...Djokovic perdió tmb muchos partidos y finales con Nadal sin embargo fujate donde está ahora.

Sin lugar a dudas q si, una verdadera lástima, porque era uno de los pocos ( además del mejor de todos NOVAK DJOKOVIC, federer, murray, JUAN MARTÍN DEL POTRO y no recuerdo otro) le jugaba al gallego sin miedo y eran partidos muy parejos.

Soderling knocked out Nadal not in the semi-finals in 2009, but in the 4th round

If Soderling managed to beat Nadal (on clay) and Federer in the same GS run it would of gone down in history as the greatest run of all time. Its not so easy..