TENNIS in DEPTH.

Robin Soderling repeated his Roland Garros victory over Rafael Nadal with another resounding 2 set win 6-4, 6-4 at the Barclays ATP Tour Final in London. Nadal was forced to play defensive tennis from well behind the baseline as he was pushed deep into the court by Soderlings ground strokes. Time and time again Nadal was only able to return the ball short into the court allowing Soderling to fire off winner after winner from both wings.

Usually Nadal is a master of saving break points, but not today as he lost both in the first set and 2 out of three in the second. He is in danger of not making the semi finals as in many people’s minds Soderling was the easiest of the four in Group B, and was expected to be easy pickings for the #2 player. He is faced with the virtually impossible task of defeating both Djokovic and Davydenko.

In the doubles competition the Bryan Brothers, the #2 seeds, went down to Andy Ram and Max Mirnyi after the #1 seeds were defeated in yesterday’s action.

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