Robin Soderling Defeats Roger Federer: Why He Is the Giant Killer

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Published: June 2, 2010

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His name is Robin Soderling, and he is the Giant Killer.

 

He hails from the northern reaches of Europe. From the frigid landscapes of Sweden. The icy waters of the Baltic Sea coarse his veins. His pale skin and steely blue eyes set him starkly apart from the background of the red French clay that is his battlefield.

At 6’ 4” and 195 pounds, the ferocious monster swings his weapon with the same ruthlessness as a Gaulic warrior his broadsword into Roman legions. Starting with his brawny legs, he generates unimaginable upward force that uncoils his midsection, unleashing the potential energy gifted the upper half of his imposing figure by millions of years of evolution. The potential becomes the actual as the force explodes out through his torso to his arms, and into a small yellowish sphere at the menacing command of his Head Liquidmetal Radical MP strung to a tension of 68.9 lbs.

The sphere then travels at speeds only physicists can confirm (though some doubt) is within the realm of possibility. His targets are small and often impossible to decipher at first, but his intent is obvious. When the sphere which he controls with unfathomable precision leaves the face of his weapon, it is not to do any direct physical damage to his foes. Rather, it is to compliantly create marks on the battlefield of the court in accordance with its masters bidding, thus leaving irrefutable evidence of the truth. And the truth is that the damage that Robin Soderling does is mental, and it leaves even the proudest warriors searching deep inside for answers which are not there to be found.



For a warrior of such acclaim, the Swede’s motto is somewhat unremarkable, though certainly telling – “I did not join the Tour to make friends.”

Ironically, the Swede did make some friends about a year ago. Many thousands of them, in fact, as he laid ...
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