Upset alert! RAFA NADAL in trouble!!

MartinBlank · 05-31-09, 09:58 AM

Wow. 2 sets to 1, Soderling up.

Unbelievable.

j0hnnyv · 05-31-09, 10:04 AM

2-6, 7-6, 4-6, 2-0

Rafa serving 0-30

This is going 5 sets...........

jjgold · 05-31-09, 10:09 AM

NAdal game has slipped a little, he is worn out

Silly he played all those clay events thus spring

fearless · 05-31-09, 10:12 AM

The announcers I'm listening to are saying that Nadal might still be hurt.

j0hnnyv · 05-31-09, 10:20 AM

4th set nadal up 4-3.

maniac0201 · 05-31-09, 10:26 AM

4-4. No breaks yet. Why isn't the Tennis Channel showing this match?

j0hnnyv · 05-31-09, 10:27 AM

cuz NBC has the rights to it. It will be shown 3pm EST on NBC.

big joe 1212 · 05-31-09, 10:31 AM

yisman · 05-31-09, 10:37 AM

Soderling is a damn good player.

I took him at +3900 today.

MartinBlank · 05-31-09, 10:45 AM

4th set tie-break

MartinBlank · 05-31-09, 10:48 AM

Anyone think Soderling is feeling this?

He is 4 points away from the biggest upset in Tennis is a very long time.

j0hnnyv · 05-31-09, 10:50 AM

4-1 in tiebreak soderling. hes gonna win.

MartinBlank · 05-31-09, 10:50 AM

Soderling took 2 points off of Nadal's serve.

Soderling up 4-1.

MartinBlank · 05-31-09, 10:50 AM

5-1

MartinBlank · 05-31-09, 10:51 AM

6-1, 5 match points for Soderling.

smitch124 · 05-31-09, 10:52 AM

unreal

big joe 1212 · 05-31-09, 10:54 AM

Nadal backers............

MartinBlank · 05-31-09, 10:54 AM

Its over...

Down goes Rafa, Down goes Rafa, Down goes Rafa...

This much says more about how goofy consistent Federer is than anything else.

Fed has made it to the semis in something like 24 consecutive Grand Slams....Rafa loses on his best surface in the 4th round.

Stunning.

j0hnnyv · 05-31-09, 10:55 AM

and how many years has he won this event straight without even dropping a set??????

nysmoneyman · 05-31-09, 11:02 AM

EaglesPhan36 · 05-31-09, 11:17 AM

Wow. This is the upset of a lifetime fellas. Soderling isn't anywhere close to Nadal's equal on clay. I'm 100% certain that Nadal had to be injured to lose this bad to a guy like Soderling at a place that Nadal owns. Well if Roger is ever going to win this thing, this is it. I really think Fernando Gonzalez might be the guy who benefits the most here. I thought he might make the semis. Has to beat Murray first, but if he does - he has a real shot. Wow.

j0hnnyv · 05-31-09, 11:19 AM

davydenko is shiting on verdasco. i like this bald russians chances.

flyingillini · 05-31-09, 11:32 AM

I took the dog look at my spreadsheet ese.

remmy358 · 05-31-09, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by EaglesPhan36

Wow. This is the upset of a lifetime fellas. Soderling isn't anywhere close to Nadal's equal on clay. I'm 100% certain that Nadal had to be injured to lose this bad to a guy like Soderling at a place that Nadal owns. Well if Roger is ever going to win this thing, this is it. I really think Fernando Gonzalez might be the guy who benefits the most here. I thought he might make the semis. Has to beat Murray first, but if he does - he has a real shot. Wow.

if you watched the match you could easily see he wasn't injured, he played an opponent who played the match of his life and he was off. it was the perfect storm. no injury though.

hoopster42 · 05-31-09, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by MartinBlank

Its over...

Down goes Rafa, Down goes Rafa, Down goes Rafa...

This much says more about how goofy consistent Federer is than anything else.

Fed has made it to the semis in something like 24 consecutive Grand Slams....Rafa loses on his best surface in the 4th round.

Stunning.

19 in a row into the semis, but the next closest guy in history has only 10! if fed makes the french semis, his 20 times in a row into the grand slam semis will be exactly double what the next guy has. unheard of

jjgold · 05-31-09, 11:42 AM

Guy justgit nipped and his opponent played great

It happens

flyingillini · 05-31-09, 11:50 AM

I wish I would of bet more on this. I never thought it would hit, that's why I only put $25.00 down on it @ +3000. I am very happy with the win. God bless

hoopster42 · 05-31-09, 12:47 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Guy justgit nipped and his opponent played great

It happens

it was a stunning 3 sets to 1 beatdown

MartinBlank · 05-31-09, 02:43 PM

Watching it now, it sure doesn't look like Nadal is injured. Nadal just went through Hewitt like he was paper in straight sets.

Soderling is just hammering the ball.

cuteboy86hi · 05-31-09, 02:45 PM

tyson v buster douglas

MartinBlank · 05-31-09, 02:55 PM

Try this one on.

Soderling had 59 unforced errors to Nadal's 28.

Weird stat.

flyingillini · 05-31-09, 02:56 PM

Spreadsheet +3000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hoopster42 · 05-31-09, 08:17 PM

Originally posted by MartinBlank

Try this one on.

Soderling had 59 unforced errors to Nadal's 28.

Weird stat.

not weird if you follow every major nadal match like i do. he never has a lot of unforced errors, and forces his opponents into many. soderling was going for a lot of shots so had tons of errors, also had over 60 winners i think, nadal had low 30s in winners. the most telling stat was that nadal only broke twice, but was broken 5 times. nadal is a master at returning serve but could not solve soderling's serve today. also, soderling scored 27 of 35 approaches to net. the combination of strong serving which was paced and well placed, combined with high risk tennis of taking chances and coming to net, gave soderling the win. dont forget that in wimbledon 07 he took nadal to 5 sets and nadal took fed to 5 sets that yrs final so soderlng has given a strong nadal in 07 a run for his money.