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.
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April 30, 2012 2:12 am | 
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