Four-time winner of Roland Garros Rafael Nadal has lost against Robin Soderling 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (2) ending his record 31-match winning streak at Roland Garros. Nadal has dominated the French Open since his first match on the red clay at Roland Garros. In his 31 previous matches, he had lost only seven sets – the last one coming against Roger Federer in the 2007 final.
Soderling, seeded 23rd at this year’s tournament, ran Nadal ragged on center court with his hard serve and booming forehand.
The Swede crumbled at this point, conceding six consecutive points as Nadal took the tie-break 7-2 to level the match and having found some momentum, it looked like things were perfectly set for the defending champion to go on and win the match from there. But Soderling had other ideas and having held his serve through the third set, he broke Nadal’s in the seventh game before serving out to love to take it 6-4.
Nadal was clearly rattled but a fightback appeared to be on the cards after an early break in the fourth set gave the Spaniard a 2-0 advantage. But Soderling broke back immediately, setting up another tie-break.
When it came it was Soderling’s turn to dominate proceedings, the Swede overwhelming his opponent 7-2 to complete an incredible win. His reward is a place in the quarter-finals, where he will meet the winner of Fernando Verdasco’s match with Nikolay Davydenko.
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