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What Mcenroe said isn´t true. He had friends on the tour. Söderling was competitive and had no respect for the big names. He played them like he played any other guy. For me as a Swede this attitude is refreshing, since We are famous in tennis to be nice guys, Wilander and Edberg for example.

Not saying I agree with Soderling tugging on his pants to imitate Nadal, but I will admit he had balls for doing so. I can't imagine many (if any) other ATP players would have the stones to try and get under Nadal's skin like that.

Can Nadal not play without all this grunting and pre-serve routine? It is really annoying to me as a viewer, I can't imagine what it would be like if I were his opponent.

The thing is that Nadal was not the "good" guy in this rivalry at all, neither of them were. Soderling went back to get a new racket because there were new balls. This annoyed Nadal so he decided to be smart right before serving by interrupting and showing that there were new balls. This annoyed Soderling so he decided to imitate Nadal. Nadal thought that Soderling was rude because he didn't apologize after hitting the net or saying hello sometimes, and Soderling probably though Nadal was unsportsmanlike for taking an ungodly amount of time between points and excessive celebrations. Nadal then intentionally tried to hit Soderling with the ball as seen in this video. I think Soderling was annoyed of Nadal's "nice guy" act or at least he perceived it like that. Nadal was annoyed because he wanted everyone to like him.

Soderling, unlike Nadal, will never be and has never been a great player because he only knows how to respect the opponent when he wins.

Don't make Soderling mad. He will beat you at the FO even Nadal.

They did have respect for each other. It was just an uncomfortable rivalry. Many years later after Soderling retirement, he still kept following Nadal matches and posted many congratulations on Nadal achievements. I think he was so proud as the guy who stopped Nadal run on French open.

21 Grand Slam for Nadal... Soderling stil a grand slam virgin...

Warm

Soderling has the right attitude the young men now are pathetic. Instead of kissing the ass of the big three believe in yourself. Soderling is not like Nick Kyrgios. Unlike Nick, Robin came up with the big wins in the slams. Remember Robin blasted Federer in the FO Quarterfinals too. He got revenge after losing the FO final to Roger.

Söderling wasn't a hater. He was annoyed though that Rafa always took such a long time to prepare between points, longer than the rules allowed him to. Söderling was annoyed that Rafa got away with it too often. I love both Rafa and Söderling! Great players and characters. Robin Söderling is a really great guy privately and it's such a shame he had to end his career prematurely.

What differs Nadal and Soderling if we speak just about sport? 20 Grand Slams.

Soderling didnt like nadal because nadal always takes too long between points, a cheater. And in rome 2009 the umpire was wrong. The ball was out, and the umpire pointed at a footstep saying the ball was in. It felt like Nadal knew about that, and yet didn't do anything to change the umpire's bad ruling. Nadal is the bad guy, not Soderling. SWEDEN FTW

They must have put aside there differences cause Söderling has recently said nice things about nadal

People who disrespects Nadal often get destroyed by him afterwards. I mean look at rosol, soderling berdych and now kyrgios.

People over here be disrespecting Söderling saying he disrespected Nadal.

mock this man all you want but he is the only reason your beloved federer was able to complete his career grand slam or he'd still be a 38 year old dude with a shitload of slams but no roland garros lol

soderlingh must be federer s best friend atleat

@RafaNadal: you can have all the titles of the world, but if you don't respect the unwritten rules of fairplay, you will never be the greatest

Soderling è un ottimo giocatore, forse un po' geloso dei successi di Nadal. Credo che nelle giornate buone Soderling potesse battere chiunque

The True essence of Sportsmen is that they just do the talking on the court through playing and Respecting your opponent. Not by insulting with words or gestures. That can come back to haunt you via Karma. And you will not succeed.

So Nadal beats him at Rome that year only dropping a game, loses to him at the French and people blame it on injury. Hmmm?

Here, I hate Nadal too.

Hey, that's my namesake you're talking about! But to be frank, he did act like a douche.

Soderling gave federer a chance to win fo

I miss Robinhood!

Who is Soderling?

soderling is based

Awnser is very simple.soderling was the reason for Federer completing career slam which always is reason for which Federer is put greater than Nadal

so what guys i like this rivalry , not everybody has to be a gentleman on this sport.... besides wtf is John Enroe saying he and borg had the most tighest rivarly in tennis history

Federer fans love Soderling

Soderling. BatSh##

It is not true that Soderling does not have a lot of friends on the tour.

NADAL IS TOO GOOD, eh? that's why soderling gets mad, like most of them, NADAL has NO mercy

Glad Soderling won.

lol everybody just sucks up to the champion because they are all sheeps following the flock, I root for the underdog... especially because he's a fkking MONSTER o nthe court, and underappreciated... GO SOLDERLING!!

'course, Nadal is an asshole

Well, Söderling went on to develop chronic mono that killed his career. So I️ guess you could say that karma did him justice ;)

Who is Soderling? Lol

Commentators are making such a big fuss. They sound like WWF commentators.

I would say Nadal got his revenge. Nadal 15 grand slams Soderling 0 and washed up off the tour well before 30

And whats about Soderling now? the worst shet in the world

soderling is a disgrace. karma got him ;)

Nadal bump to Rosol. and lost. arrogant gamesmanship cheater

People make fun of you when they are jealous of you. He used to have long hair that he would have to tuck behind his ears. Nadal has to pull on his shorts because when he puts the tennis balls in his pockets it makes his tight shorts ride up on his nice looking ass. That is fine by me.

Igor had 9 dollars in his hand. If Igor gave 3 dollars for every pixel in this video, how many dollars would Igor have Remaining

Soderling no oida a Nadal.. Lo felicitó por ganar RG la decima vez.. www.abc.es/deportes/tenis/abci-roland-garros-deportistas-aplauden-rafael-nadal-201706111901_noticia.html

Nadal often uses way more time than he should be allowed to in his preparation. If this started as a reaction to that, I can understand Söderling. The refs are more lenient with the biggest stars too.

Soderling really hates Rafa

Vamoooooooooos Rafaaaaaaa Forever ❤ Grasius for all you are giveing to this beautiful Sport