Soderling Still Optimistic About Return

Whenever you think about Rafael Nadal’s brilliant achievements at Roland Garros, one name that would automatically come to your mind is Robin Soderling because he is the one and only player to have got better of Nadal in the French Open in the last one decade. But, unfortunately, after winning such a big game, he was hit by a sever disease which ruined his career.

Soderling has just made one or two appearances in the professional circuit in the last 3 years. There are many people who believe that his career is almost over now as having reached 30 years of age, it’s very hard for him to return, but, the Swedish player himself has not given up.

Talking to a website a few days ago, Soderling said that he was still optimistic about coming back on the tour one day.

The former French Open finalist said, “I have not hung my racquets. I am still willing to make a comeback at some point of time in the future. Tennis has been a part of my life since I was a small kid. So, it’s very, very difficult to leave it.”

“I don’t want to be forced to retirement. My desire is to retire only when my heart tells me to do so and at the moment, my heart is telling me that there is still a lot of tennis left in me.”

“I draw inspiration from Tommy Haas. Have a look at him. He is in his mid thirties, but, still, is no. 21 in the world. That’s remarkable.”

Soderling had made his way to the professional arena in 2001 and in his initial years, he performed quite wonderfully. He was being seen as the next big thing in the male’s game before he suffered that illness.

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It looks like Robin Soderling is planning to make a career in the field of administration now. He has been named as the director of the Stockholm Open.

The Swedish player however has denied the speculations that he is going to hang his racquets.

It’s been a while since Soderling had last appeared on the professional tour. He has been out since more than a couple of years.

Soderling had been at a very good position in the world rankings at one point of time in his career, but, he got hit by a strange sort of illness which forced him to keep himself away from the game.

He is still struggling with that problem, but, he is yet to give up on it. He has hopes that he would be able to be back one day and that’s a great sign. Some sportspersons tend to quit when they go though such sort of vicious situations, but, Soderling is not one of them.

The Swedish player released a statement yesterday about why he took over as the Stockholm Open director. That statement reads, “I still have the desire to come back and I am working hard for it, but, meanwhile, I though it’s a good opportunity for me to be involved in the sport in some other way.”

The members of the organizing committee of Stockholm Open also made it clear that Soderling’s new role doesn’t mark the end of his playing career.

They said, “Robin joining as director would benefit the tournament a lot, but, people should not assume that he is done as a player. He is up for the comeback and hopefully, he would succeed in that.”

Despite all that, it’s safe to say that time is running out for Soderling as he has already become 30 years of age.

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