Jun

7

Nadal beats SoderlingI guess that I should stick to the defunct game of hard ball squash in my racket predictions as I thought that Nadals' poor strokes and unusual musculature would make the 3/4 winning probability on his winning the French Open a good coppering. However, he won in strait sets, (in the spirit of Anatoly) and all one can say aside from "j'excuse" is that the indicator worked well with Federer's loss being the tell that the market would go down big to the lows.

Pitt T. Maner III writes:

Soderling had his chances in the 1st set that might have made the match more interesting. He hits hard flat shots that break down most players strokes. But this style goes almost totally against clay court teachings of using top spin to keep the ball high over the net and deep to create a greater margin for error. The hockey-type slap shots work for him if he is on, otherwise it produces a lot of unforced errors. I would not be surprised if Soderling had bandy or hockey in his background.

Soderling inexplicably let several shots go that then dropped in and he was very tentative in coming to the net–nerves I suppose.

If it had been Borg they would be carrying Nadal off the court on a stretcher with IVs because he would have to cover the court for 5.5 hours not 2. Borg and Vilas had rallies that went to over 50 hits in the old days. Soderling was tired after 2 hours? They don't make Swedish players like they used to.

Well maybe he will do better on grass and with shorter points.
 


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