Sadly for Soderling, 2012 is proving significantly inferior compared to a successful 2011. The previous year saw him secure titles; Bastad, Marseille, Rotterdam and Brisbane, and in 2009 he produced a career breaking performance when he managed to put an end to Nadals’ 31-match winning streak at the Roland Garros tournament. This year we are yet to see any of the Swede’s brilliance as he has been unable to play even one match, due to him suffering from glandular fever.
Glandular fever; a viral infection also referred to as mononucleosis, attacks the salivary glands and white blood cells causing those affected to experience a high fever, sore throat, tiredness, swollen glands and muscle pain. This nasty illness has prevented Soderling from competing in tennis since last July. No one is as frustrated or disappointed as the Swede himself who has most recently had to sadly withdraw from Wimbledon, the French Open and the Olympics. However, he remains optimistic and confident that he will be able to compete in 2012.
A further exasperation of enduring glandular fever is that due to the nature of the infection it is extremely difficult to gauge a recovery date. Although Soderling is hopeful to return to tennis this year, he is unable to confirm a return date and instead must wait whilst he continues to improve. Tennis is an extremely physically demanding sport, so overdoing training will result in Soderling becoming exhausted. He has to be very careful not to push himself too hard too soon, and instead should take one step at a time.
Soderling fans can take faith and inspiration from Roger Federer who also fought off glandular fever in 2008. Federer is once again at number one and on top form, and although Soderling’s ranking may have slipped, if he is as fortunate as the Swiss, we will see him back on top form in no time.
An unfortunate year for Swedish tennis star Robin Soderling has been made somewhat worse after he confirmed that he will be unable to play in the upcoming Wimbledon championship and will also be unavailable for the London 2012 Olympics later this summer. Soderling has been out of action since July 2011 and has fallen from number four in the men’s world rankings to fifty six after he was taken by glandular fever last summer. Soderling had already announced he would not be available for the French Open this week, but further absences from the tennis circuit has come as a real blow to the twenty eight year old.
The immobilizing illness has caused significant damage to the Sede’s Thyroid and adrenal glands and has caused chronic fatigue which has stopped the Swede from training and competing. World number three Roger Federer battled with the illness at the start of 2008. But Soderling seems to have suffered a great deal more from the infliction. At twenty eight Solderling has plenty of years of tennis left and many expect him to climb up the rankings quickly following his recovery which would hopefully see him return for the start of next year’s grand slam season.
The two-time French Open runner up stated that although he has no plans to quit the sport, the illness has made it difficult to set a date to return to the game as once he has recovered he will need plenty of time to recapture both his form and will need plenty of experience before returning to the performance level required for major tournaments. Tennis start around the world have wished him a speedy recovery, but with his body unable to complete training, he is worried that it may be over a year before we see him return to the court.
Robin Bo Carl Soderling is currently ranked number 29 in the ATP rankings. Robin Soderling is a Sweden tennis player and has reached success many a times. He reached the French Open titles in the year 2009 as well as in the year 2010. In the year 2009 he reached the finals facing Rafael Nadal while in the year 2010 he reached the finals facing Roger Federer. He also won the 2010 Paris Masters while managing to win the Masters 1000 as well.
Robin Soderling has not been very great and excellent with his sport but the year 2010 was the year or should we say the lucky year for Robin Soderling. His luck struck and then he was on a roll. While he started with rank number 4 world wide, he finished the season with world rank number 5. He started his season with his debut performance in the Capitala World Tennis Championship. Why we call him lucky because it as here when he defeated Roger Federer and managed to reach the finals. Although records say that he managed to defeat Roger Federer around 13 times. In the finals however he was defeated by Nadal.
Robin Soderling won his first ATP in the 2010 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. Soderling reached the semi finals of the BNP Paribus Open where he lost in the semi finals to Andy Murray. Not only was this but Soderling also eliminated in the semi finals in the 2010 Sony Erickson Open.
He got to play with the big players defeating Federer for the first time in the 2010 French Open and losing to Nadal in the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championship. At the 2011 French Open he lost in the quarter final whereas he could not complete the 2011 Wimbledon Championship due to a bad stomach.
It has been a very long time since Robin Soderling, the Swede tennis ace was spotted in action on a court. The former world 4 is considered to be one of the nicest tennis stars in the world at this point of time, but sadly his illness has kept him out of action from the professional tennis circuit for quite a long time. The twenty-seven year old tennis ace was irritated by mononucleosis last summer and he is still fighting with the disease to be fit again.
Last year, he was on the highest point of his tennis career, reaching the 4th position in the ATP World Rankings in January but his long absence from the tennis courts has left him to number twenty-four by this point of time.
The Swede tennis player is well known for his lively game play and high liveliness in the match. His absence from the court is missed by a large fan base, but it looks like that he will stay aloof from the game for some time. In February, he was about to make his return but that was hampered by his persistent illness.
On his Facebook page, he wrote, “I was hoping to be ready for tournaments in February but unfortunately I am not there yet. The good news is that the symptoms of the mono like sore throat and fever are gone, but for some reason my body still cannot handle intense training, I get very tired when I do something physical. I am working with my medical team to understand why and what the next step is.”
His fans are really curious to know how long it will take to see him in a tennis court. A mere illness could not prevent a world class tennis pro like him to stay out of action for a long time.
Swedish number one Robin Soderling has confirmed that he will be returning to competitive tennis at the Rotterdam ATP World Tour tournament which is scheduled to take place mid-February. Soderling was forced to take time off from the tour when he was diagnosed with Mononucleosis (aka glandular fever) last year, and hasn’t competed since August 2011.
Soderling was playing some great tennis, and had risen to number 5 in the world before he contracted the illness, and has since dropped to 12th position due to the lack of tournaments played. Glandular fever typically causes fatigue and swelling of the glands in the neck and can last several months. The tennis world will be glad to see the return of such a talented player, and hopefully he will be able to continue where he left off in 2011, and climb back up the rankings.
In the past two years, the Swedish player has gone from strength to strength, challenging for the top 4 positions, and holding 4th place briefly in 2010 before finishing the season 5th in the world. He started 2010 shakily, reaching a final and then losing two first round matches, including one in the Australian Open, to Marcel Granollers. He then went on to win a tournament in Rotterdam and make it to the final of the French Open, losing to Nadal, but beating Federer along the way. He also won in Paris, his biggest win at that point, and decided to split with coach Magnus Norman in December.
In 2011 Soderling paired up instead with Claudio Pistolesi, who helped him win the Brisbane International tournament early in the year, then go on to retain his Rotterdam title. Soderling also won in Marseille, before again swapping coaches to Fredrik Rosengren. A quarterfinal appearance in the French Open followed, losing to Nadal, and the Swede bagged his fourth and final title of the year at the Swedish Open. At this point he became ill, and had to start his current period of recovery, but everyone will be hoping he comes back with the same momentum and winning spirit he had and it will be great to see how he continues to develop in the coming season.
The 13th ranked tennis player in the world Robin Soderling has become the first casualty of the Australian Open, where he will not be able to compete due to illness. The Swedish tennis player, who has reached the finals of the French Open on two occasions, losing both times, one to Roger Federer and again to Rafael Nadal has said that he has decided to withdraw from the first Grand Slam of the year as he wants to fully recover from the illness and does not want to put the entire season in jeopardy by competing while not fully fit.
The Swede has not played a professional tennis match since July last year when he appeared in Bastad, a tournament that he won as he has been suffering from mononucleosis, a kind of viral infection. Soderling posted in his Twitter account that his recovery is taking more than he and his physicians expected and although he is feeling better with each passing day, it would still take him a few days to regain full fitness and start training.
Robin Soderling also said that he wanted to start practice fully fledged in January and wants to make a return to the professional circuit in February but also added that he is not sure when and where that comeback would happen. He further added that he was hopeful that his body would enable him to make his desired comeback in February.
The Swedish star, who was ranked fourth in the world reached the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open, the first time that he crossed the barrier of the second round and he stated that mentally he was ready to do better. But unfortunately for Robin Soderling, he will have to wait another before he can do what he wants to do.
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