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What's was the best thing that could have happened at the French Open final? World No 1 vs World No 2. Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal. The graceful Swiss vs the dogged Spaniard. That would not happen at this year's French Open. So, we settle for the next best thing. That is Nadal vs Robin Soderling. Why the World No 7?
Because last year he achieved what many could not even conjure in their dreams.
Beating Nadal on the bastion that he had adopted as his own.
Soderling ousted Nadal to reach the quarterfinals and then eventually into the final, leaving a dazed Nadal, unable to reconcile to the reality of being human on clay after all.
So, with lot of anticipation we looked forward to the French Open. After all it was time for revenge for Nadal.
Unfortunately, the final was a far cry from what it was purported to be.
Soderling caved in without a fight, without a whimper. 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Not a score anybody would like to see for a final.
But the good news is finally there is a lot of activity in the top 10 of ATP tour.
Efforts to barge into the Big four seems to be slowly taking shape.
By reaching the final for a second time Soderling ensured that he defended is points successfully and climbed a rung to be ranked World No 6.
It seems Djokovic was right when he said he was born in the wrong era. Though shades of brilliance hound him, the calibre that allowed him to reach semifinals consistently between 2007-09 seems to be on the wane.
Andy Murray promised much but was not fortune's child.