Rafel Nadal is BEATEN at Roland Garros - OMG

[Auburn Mariner]

You are kidding me!!!! Beaten in 4 by Robin Soderling!!

The truly great Roger Federer now has the biggest Window of Opportunity of his WHOLE CAREER. Keep winning, and he becomes the complete package, picking up Slams at Wimbledon, Flushing Meadows (named that way because Queens is a toilet, btw), Melbourne Park and Roland Garros.

Of modern players, I believe only the surprising Andre Agassi has won the lot (interestingly, wife Steffi Graf, who is still in possession of a killer body, won a OLYMPIC Gold Medal Slam). Put money on their kids being handy on a tennis court.

Suddenly, the most boring Tennis Slam suddenly becomes fascinating.

 

[Kareem]

WAT!?!?!?!
unbelievable
especially after the way he destroyed hewitt last round
how good is this Soderling guy?
+1- french open aint boring anymore

 

[Kareem]

wow, nadal hadnt lost 1 set since 2007 final vs Federer
that was 32 sets in a row, let alone wins (31/31 wins)

come on federer- this is now the most important + best chance at Roland Garros...expect Nadal to come back even stronger (if you can imagine)(he will win Wimbledon)

 

[ryan]

Federer came back from 2 sets down last night against Tommy Haas. For a moment we were looking toward a French Open final without Nadal or Federer for the first time in many years. It's now Rogers for the taking but he will have to improve to win it.

 

[clarence]

Of modern players, I believe only the surprising Andre Agassi has won the lot (interestingly, wife Steffi Graf, who is still in possession of a killer body, won a OLYMPIC Gold Medal Slam). Put money on their kids being handy on a tennis court.

FWIW, Steffi is the last player - male or female - to win a Grand Slam (singles) in the same calendar year. No male singles player has won a Grand Slam in the same calendar year since Rod Laver (1969). Source: Wikipedia.

I seriously doubt that Steffi and Andre's kids will end up pro tennis players. I suppose they'll get into the game a bit but probably go no further than some grade college stuff or the like. I doubt they'll have the same drive that made both Steffi and Andre work so hard for the success they had. The kids' simply won't have to.....

I hope they end up being very balance kids who can properly benefit from the wealth that is around them rather than wasting it all later on in life.

 

[Statue]

Another big thing to come out of the french open an aussie is actually winning. Sam Stosur dominated that romainan girl last night to make the semi finals which is a great achievement espically considering the state of Australian tennis at the top level right now.

It will be interesting to see how much she moves up the rankings now with this perfomance, even with the way she is playing she might even make the final

 

[Kareem]

they say she will break the top 20
best french open ever

 

[Kareem]

Mathieu Montcourt died...aged 24
french player who played at Roland Garros 1 month ago...
RIP
PS. unknown death