This
was a tournament of surprises and a day of surprises, and while some are more
pleasant than others, surprises are never welcomed by tennis players - at least
not unless until they find themselves on the winning end of them. Oh, you could
say Robin Soderling taking out Nadal in the fourth round here was precisely that
sort of pleasant surprise for Federer, with the added bonus that Federer's opponent
on this day of destiny fulfilled would be that same Soderling, still a first-time
Grand Slam finalist and victim of Federer's rapier nine times in a row - and with
no wins of his own from which to draw inspiration... full
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By PETE BODO Story from Tennis.com Published:
June 7, 2009
This
was a tournament of surprises and a day of surprises, and while some are more
pleasant than others, surprises are never welcomed by tennis players - at least
not unless until they find themselves on the winning end of them. Oh, you could
say Robin Soderling taking out Nadal in the fourth round here was precisely that
sort of pleasant surprise for Federer, with the added bonus that Federer's opponent
on this day of destiny fulfilled would be that same Soderling, still a first-time
Grand Slam finalist and victim of Federer's rapier nine times in a row - and with
no wins of his own from which to draw inspiration... 