Roger Federer Vs. Robin Söderling: Repeat or Reversal Of Fortunes?

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Published: May 31, 2010

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Tomorrow features the most promising match-up on the men's side of the tournament so far—a repeat of last years final between the defending champion Roger Federer and Swedish prodigy and runner-up Robin Söderling. Who will emerge as winner and make his way towards the semi's, where either Thomas Berdych or Mikhail Youzhny will wait for the man who prevails? Let us first take a look at the numbers:

12 is the number of times they've met since their first meeting in 2004. 

12 is the number Federer came out on top. 

2 is the number of sets Söderling has taken off the Swiss Maestro in those matches.

23 is the number of Federer's consecutive Grand Slam semi-final appearances. 

The stats seem to give but one answer: Federer will come out on top yet again against the late blooming, brutal ball-bashing Söderling. However, as much as the stats might tell about Roger having a perfect record against Robin, most of those matches were relatively close on the scoreline and involved a great number of tiebreaks or 7-5 wins. 

Moreover, stats can only tell you so much—in the end, the battle is fought on court, not before—though their head-to-head record may give Roger a psychological advantage going into the match. 

A year ago, few non-affectionate tennis fans knew much about Robin Söderling. That all changed in the matter of an afternoon when the confident Söderling blew clay court king Nadal off court in four sets, handing the Spaniard his first ever defeat at Roland Garros and in best-of-five matches on clay. Coached by former world No. 2, Magnus Norman,  had finally matured as a player.

Three matches later, however, he was dismantled by Roger Federer, who showed almost surgical precision in his game plan. Söderling had no answers as Federer took away his hard-hitting weapons by changing the game and...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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