Rafael Nadal is currently the world's number 1 tennis player, the King of Clay, the player that has never lost any of his 31 consecutive matches in French Open, the player that was aiming to be the first man to win 5 consecutive French Open title, has lost in the fourth round of this year's French Open. Robin Soderling played arguably the best game of his life to cause one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam history by beating tournament favourite, Nadal 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(2). I didn't manage to watch the match but it is reported that Soderling played so well that Nadal was struggling to keep up with him.
It was really an unexpected result as this is the first time Soderling has managed to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam. I was really anticipating another Federer vs Nadal finals but looks like that's not gonna happen.
With Nadal out, Federer is on course to finally win the French Open, the only Grand Slam that he hasn't won yet. Then again, another upset may happen again. Clay is after all not Federer's favourite surface and if the King of Clay can lose, who's to say that Federer won't? Needless to say, the remaining games of the tournament are gonna be interesting.
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