The Swedish press were harsh in their judgement of Robin Soderling on Monday, the day after his straight sets loss to Rafael Nadal in the French Open final.
The written press were united in claiming the 25-year-old Swede had played like “a little boy” compared to the all-conquering Spaniard who won through 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
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“Soderling falls heavily in Paris,” headlined the Dagens Nyheter under a photo of a worried-looking Soderling with his face half hidden behind a towel.
Rival daily Svenska Dagbladet published a photo of Soderling looking imploringly towards the sky. “Robin Soderling played like a little boy on several break points,” the newspaper estimated.
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