Roger Federer vence o Torneio Roland Garros na França: diferenças entre revisões

[[Switzerland|Swiss]] tennis player [[w:Roger Federer|Roger Federer]] won his first [[w:French Open|Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros]] (French Open) championship on sundaySunday by defeating [[w:Robin Söderling|Robin Söderling]] from Sweden 6-1 7-6(1) 6-4 in Paris. By winning the tournament, Federer joins [[w:Pete Sampras|Pete Sampras]] with 14 Grand Slam tournament won and [[w:Andre Agassi|Andre Agassi]], being the second men in the Open Era (since 1968) to clinch all four major tournaments. In the last four years, only [[w:Rafael Nadal|Rafael Nadal]] has stopped Federer from winning the French Grand Slam title that lacked from his collection.

The match occurred under bad weather conditions with light rain and great wind during the first two sets, a situation which became worse during the third. Uneasy and visibly nervous, Söderling lost the first set in just 23 minutes. In the second, he began to play better tennis and at 2-1, after the irruption of a man on court, Federer seemed to loose power. He finalyfinally clinched the tie-break 7-1 by shooting 4 aces. The third set was won 6-4 by Federer who fell to the ground, sobbing.

In the 2009 ATP Ranking, Federer moves closer to Nadal after he lost to Söderling in the 4th round. Before the tournament, Nadal had 4500 points in advance. Since mondayMonday, he has 2070 points in advance. The next Grand Slam tournament is Wimbledon in London and begins on June 22, 2009.