Robin SODERLING!?!

0range · 10-12-2008, 03:06 PM

8 career finals, only won 2. What is UP???

I like him. Any other fans out there????

joeri888 · 10-12-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 0range

8 career finals, only won 2. What is UP???

I like him. Any other fans out there????

A lot of people hate him cos a lot of people are a fan of Nadal and can't handle what he did to their boy.. I like him because he adds spice. But his forehand his DAMN UGLY. 8 career finals only 2 won says it all actually, the guy's a headcase.

ronalditop · 10-12-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by joeri888

A lot of people hate him cos a lot of people are a fan of Nadal and can't handle what he did to their boy.. I like him because he adds spice. But his forehand his DAMN UGLY. 8 career finals only 2 won says it all actually, the guy's a headcase.

i agree his forehand is pretty ugly. his game is not fun to watch.

ReturnWinner · 10-12-2008, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ronalditop

i agree his forehand is pretty ugly. his game is not fun to watch.

his fh is ugly but a pretty dominating shot, one of the biggest in the tour, he has a really huge serve too.He plays his best at indoor surfaces.

TheTruth · 10-12-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by joeri888

A lot of people dislike him (changed the word because hate is too strong. Honestly, TTW'ers need to retire that word) cos a lot of people are a fan of Nadal and can't handle what he did to their boy.. I like him because he adds spice. But his forehand his DAMN UGLY. 8 career finals only 2 won says it all actually, the guy's a headcase.

That would be my reason!

Gugafan · 10-12-2008, 05:41 PM

He hits extremely flat and has the kind of forehand to dominate anything sitting up. He has had a few melt downs in the past when he is not on...defense is not his strong point.

I recall during one yr at RG when he was giving Nadal trouble, and one of the commentator said he had a very "agricultural" forehand. Lol

Nadal_Freak · 10-12-2008, 05:50 PM

He's got a bad attitude. That was totally inappropiate how he mocked Nadal. I will always root against him.

10-12-2008, 09:33 PM

wait what happened between soderling and nadal?
can someone tell me?

pow · 10-12-2008, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by nutzguy16

wait what happened between soderling and nadal?
can someone tell me?

During his Wimbledon match vs. Nadal, he yanked at his pants when he was tired of Nadal taking too much time in between points to imitate Nadal's signature "pulling out my wedgie" move.

Alejandro D · 10-12-2008, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by nutzguy16

wait what happened between soderling and nadal?
can someone tell me?

Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwvgnYDTTQ0

And Rafa-Berdych

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz9YZabt25c

edberg505 · 10-12-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by pow

During his Wimbledon match vs. Nadal, he yanked at his pants when he was tired of Nadal taking too much time in between points to imitate Nadal's signature "pulling out my wedgie" move.

Nope, that's not what happend. Take a look at the youtube clip below. Nadal was being a bit condescending when he stopped right in the middle of his service motion to tell Soderling that he had new balls when Robin was obviously aware of this already because he went to go pick up his freshly strung racquet. But of course some people will only see what they want to see.

punch · 10-12-2008, 10:22 PM

Hell, I'd be pissed too if I were Berdych and the crowd was acting like that the whole match, telling the crowd to shh is something i'm sure many, many others would do.

BallzofSkill · 10-12-2008, 10:29 PM

the name 'Soderling' reminds me of a slimey, slithering, lizardlike creature with claws and sharp teeth not unlike a gremlin.

BTW, kind of off topic but does anyone have that clip of chakvedtadze playing in a pro-israeli crowd and they kept booing her so she started yelling at the crowd after each point? I really wanna see that. I hope it's chakvatadze, might have been someone else.

Vector · 10-12-2008, 11:04 PM

I am a fan

joeri888 · 10-13-2008, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Nadal_Freak

He's got a bad attitude. That was totally inappropiate how he mocked Nadal. I will always root against him.

Even in a Wimbledon Semifinal against Federer with Nadal playing Rainer Scheuttler in the other semi?

zagor · 10-13-2008, 01:06 AM

Well I like to watch him play indoors,he's at his best there by far.He has plenty of power although I don't think he varies his serve enough,his problem is that he isn't that great of a mover and yeah he's a headcase but he really has powerful groundstrokes and can be very dangerous if he's zoning.

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Originally Posted by Nadal_Freak

He's got a bad attitude. That was totally inappropiate how he mocked Nadal. I will always root against him.

Nadal was far from being an angel in that match either but obviously you can choose to see just one side of the matter if you want.However I'll agree that he was out of the line to mock Nadal like that in that match regardless of what Nadal did.

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Originally Posted by nutzguy16

wait what happened between soderling and nadal?
can someone tell me?

Here's how I remember it.Nadal was about to serve when the empire asked Sodderling if he realizes that Nadal is serving with the new balls(cause players almost always take a newly strung racquet when the opponent is about to serve with the new balls)as Sodderling didn't change his racquet so the empire probably realized that Sodderling is unaware of the fact that Nadal was about to serve with the new balls.So Sodderling went for the newly strung racquet but Nadal didn't notice that and continued his serving motion and then stopped when he realized Sodderling wasn't there,then when Sodderling was finally ready to receive serve Nadal started his serving motion again but stopped in the middle and mockingly said to Sodderling "new balls" which ticked off Sodderling who then went on to mockingly imitate Nadal pulling out his wedgie.English is not my first language so hope I explained it to you well enough.

Gorecki · 10-13-2008, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Nadal_Freak

He's got a bad attitude. That was totally inappropiate how he mocked Nadal. I will always root against him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUuVU03lY1c

well. we have a saying in my country that goes around this: the worst blidness is the one of those unwilling to see!

ps: the so called Nadal's Gentle nature and Humbleness.... i almost forgot that one... i think i will use it as a sig from now on!

TheTruth · 10-13-2008, 10:19 PM

Well, one thing's for sure. People will see what they want to see. Showing someone they are serving with new balls before the ball is actually struck will never constitute the crime of the century. Soderling is a jack..., and hasn't done anything since. The universe rewards our efforts!

norbac · 10-13-2008, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TheTruth

Well, one thing's for sure. People will see what they want to see. Showing someone they are serving with new balls before the ball is actually struck will never constitute the crime of the century. Soderling is a jack..., and hasn't done anything since. The universe rewards our efforts!

LOL, I just laughed for a bit at the line in your post that said that Rob hasn't done anything since. There's nothing wrong with you posting it of course but I don't know why it's so funny to me.

ramseszerg · 10-14-2008, 12:05 AM

In that incident with nadal I think it's fair to say one thing led to another and both had a part in what happened. Soderling did not realize that new balls were being used, went to pick up the racquet but without telling Nadal, Nadal mocks him, Soderling mocks back. If it was a conversation over coffee the misunderstanding probably would not have happened, but the championship was at stake.

10-12-2008, 03:06 PM	#1
0range Hall Of Fame Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,712	Robin SODERLING!?! 8 career finals, only won 2. What is UP??? I like him. Any other fans out there????

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TheTruth Legend Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,549	Well, one thing's for sure. People will see what they want to see. Showing someone they are serving with new balls before the ball is actually struck will never constitute the crime of the century. Soderling is a jack..., and hasn't done anything since. The universe rewards our efforts! __________________ -People believe easily, that which they hope for earnestly-

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