Swiss number two Stanislas Wawrinka is ready to defend his Gold Medal won at the Beijing Olympic Games at the upcoming London Olympic Games with renewed hope with the form of his partner Roger Federer improving day by day.
The 27 year old teamed up with the then world number one Federer to win the doubles crown at Beijing but since then, the form of FedEx had been on a downward spiral and many people even in their homeland had begun to question whether they would be able to relive the moments of the last Olympic Games.
But Federer, who recently won his 7th crown at the All England Club defeating Andy Murray in an almost one sided final and reclaimed his world number one ranking is high on confidence and Stanislas Wawrinka believes that it would benefit them as a whole when the London Olympic Games kick off in 20 days’ time. Many fans had been tempted to bet on Andy Murray winning his first Grand Slam against the Swiss player, but he struggled to get into the game.
Moreover, Wawrinka also believes that with the tennis events for the London Games being held on the grass courts of the All England Club, which is the favorite surface of Federer hands them a big advantage.
Prior to Wimbledon, Wawrinka had been practicing with Rafael Nadal and he believes that having the world number three as his practice partner also helped him a lot ahead of the Olympic Games. The 27 year old, who is currently ranked at 25 in the latest edition of the ATP Tour rankings in singles and 110 in doubles, has not had the best of times this year but he hopes that he will be able to set things right at the London Olympic Games.
And with the high flying Roger Federer on his side, Stanislas Wawrinka might have a chance of replicating the success for Switzerland and bring home the doubles gold once again. Fans can watch the live tennis online on the Olympics website for FREE! 🙂
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July 19, 2012 9:01 pm | 
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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.