Szwed Robin Soederling, piąty obecnie w rankingu ATP World Tour, rozstał się ze swoim trenerem i byłym drugim tenisistą świata - Magnusem Normanem. Współpraca trwała ponad dwa sezony, a Soederling awansował do TOP10 z 35. pozycji - informuje PAP.

Dwukrotnie też dochodził do finału w wielkoszlemowym turnieju na kortach ziemnych im. Rolanda Garrosa w Paryżu. W październiku w stolicy Francji triumfował w imprezie rangi ATP Masters 100 w hali Bercy.

Obaj panowie poinformowali w piątek szwedzką prasę, że Norman od przyszłego roku ma trochę inne plany zawodowe, natomiast Soederling potrzebuje trenera, który będzie mu towarzyszył przez cały sezon.

http://www.eurosport.pl/tenis/soderling … news.shtml

Ta współpraca naprawdę im się układała... robili razem świetne wyniki. Wg mnie prawdopodobne jest to że teraz Soda duuuużo osłabnie, no chyba że znajdzie kogoś kto znowu dotrze do niego, co nie jest takie proste.

Pistolesi trenerem Söderlinga



Od ponad trzech lat, od wypadnięcia Ivana Ljubičicia z Top 10 rankingu ATP, w ścisłej światowej czołówce męskiego tenisa nie było włoskich akcentów trenerskich. Teraz Claudio Pistolesi został szkoleniowcem Robina Söderlinga, piątej rakiety świata.

Po rozstaniu z rodakiem Magnusem Normanem Söderling niedługo trzymał w niepewności co do osoby nowego coacha. Najlepszy szwedzki tenisista, który podobno nie doszedł do porozumienia z Fredem Rosengrenem i Peterem Lundgrenem (były trener Federera, a obecnie Wawrinki), związał się z Pistolesim na próbne trzy miesiące (do turnieju w Marsylii).

13 grudnia Söderling i Pistolesi rozpoczną w Monte Carlo przygotowania do nowego sezonu. Informację o współpracy (rozmawiali podczas ostatnich turniejów sezonu: w Bercy i Londynie) potwierdził 43-letni Włoch, który ostatnio pracował z Michaelem Berrerem, mistrzem challengera wrocławskiego, a wcześniej był znany przede wszystkim jako mentor tenisistek: Moniki Seles, Ai Sugiyamy i Anny Smashnovej.

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2010 w liczbach

Ranking: 5
Turnieje: 2 (Paryż-Bercy, Rotterdam)
Finały: 3 (Bastad, Roland Garros, Barcelona)
Mecze: 57-22
Zarobki: $3,731,527

Soderling Confident He Can Break Nadal-Federer Slam Dominance


Robin Soderling has added more aggression
to his game during the off-season.

World No. 5 Robin Soderling, who will open his 2011 ATP World Tour season as the top seed at the Brisbane International this week, told media on Monday that he believes he is one of the players who can break the Grand Slam domination of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.

“I never felt that the gap was very big [between Nadal, Federer and the rest],” said Soderling, who defeated Nadal and Federer en route to the 2009 and 2010 Roland Garros finals respectively. “There are a lot of very good players and I think there are 10 or even 15 guys who can win the big tournaments like the Grand Slams. Of course, Roger and Rafa will always be the favourites in every tournament they play in, but I think there are a lot of players who have a chance to beat them.”

The 26-year-old Soderling, who is working with Claudio Pistolesi this season, explained that his main goal in 2011 is to perform well in the Grand Slams and Masters 1000 tournaments, and in a bid to do so he has worked hard in the off-season to add even more aggression to his game.

“I still feel I can improve and become a better player,” said the big-hitting Swede. “If I can do that then I’m pretty sure I have a good chance to do well this year. [During the off season] I tried to do a few things. I tried to work on playing a little bit more aggressively, coming into the net a little bit more.”

Soderling, who reached the quarter-finals (l. to Stepanek) on his debut in Brisbane two years ago, will face American qualifier Ryan Harrison in the first round of the ATP World Tour 250 tournament on Tuesday evening.

The Tibro native finished 2010 strongly, winning his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Paris (d. Monfils) and featuring at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. He will hope he can carry his good form into the Australian Open, where he has failed to advance further than the second round in five attempts.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis … eview.aspx

Świetne wyniki, to jego najlepszy początek sezonu w karierze.

AO 2011 - wywiad po zwycięstwie w 1 rundzie

Q. A good start?
ROBIN SODERLING: Yeah, of course. Winning in straight sets, it's a very good start. I struggled a little bit in the first set. But I think after that I played better and better. At the end, I played pretty good I think.

Q. Of the Grand Slams, the Australian Open hasn't been kind to you. You haven't got past the second round. Do you think you can do better this year?

ROBIN SODERLING: Yeah, I hope so. But I have to take one match at a time.

As you said, I haven't had much success here in the past. That's why, you know, it's even more important to really focus on the next match all the time. Now I got past the first round and I have a difficult match coming up and I have to play well.

If I win this one, I have to take the next match.

Q. Any particular reason why you haven't played well here?

ROBIN SODERLING: Uhm, no. I don't know. It's a surface that I think should suit my game pretty well. I played a couple of good matches. But, as I said, I never had the results.

I don't know why, but hopefully it will change this year.

Q. Is it much different this year under your new coach?

ROBIN SODERLING: No, well, we've been working not for long, but we've been working really good since December. And, of course, in my game there's not going to be any big changes. But we're still working on a lot of details. There's still things I can improve in my game.

I think, you know, already in this couple of weeks I improved. I think I played this year so far really well. Hopefully we can continue to work on it and I'll become a better player.

Q. How do you approach a Grand Slam compared to another tournament knowing it could last for two weeks, have five set matches?

ROBIN SODERLING: Yeah, I think it's different. I think I had some problems with the Grand Slam tournaments in the beginning of my career. As you said, you know, it's over two weeks, and you always have one match, then you have the next day rest. So it's tough to stay focused for two full weeks. Every day, you know, you have to be able to relax between matches.

I think that's what I learned the last couple of years. I think that's why I had more success in these tournaments.

Q. You deal better with the days off in between?

ROBIN SODERLING: I think so, yeah. Because the days off, it's really a matter of trying to relax and rest, you know, because you spend in five set matches a lot of energy, even if you win in straight sets. You really have to recover between the matches. I do it really good right now.

Q. With your improvement in the last two years, do you bring any different mindset to a tournament like this? Do you come here not fearing anyone?

ROBIN SODERLING: No, I'm not fearing anyone, but at the same time I fear all. I know that when I play well, I can beat everyone. But the same time, I really have to play well because last year it really showed. I didn't play well at all and I lost first round.

So I think it's a matter for every player, even the best players, that they really have to stay focused every match. For me that's the most important thing.

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AO 2011 - wywiad po zwycięstwie w 3 rundzie

Q. Your ninth in a row, yet to drop a set here. How do you assess your performance so far? Are you just cruising along very confident?

ROBIN SODERLING: Yeah, I played three matches here, and, of course, as you said, I haven't lost a set yet.

I'm playing pretty good. But there's still a couple of things I need to improve, I think. I know I can play much better. But overall it's been pretty good.

Q. Do you need a four or five set match to test yourself?

ROBIN SODERLING: No. I don't think. I played many matches this year already, so I'm pretty happy I won three matches in straight sets.

Q. Does that weigh in your favor, that you haven't gone outside three sets in that first week?

ROBIN SODERLING: Yeah. I think, you know, physically I feel very good. I haven't spent too many hours on court yet and I'm already in the fourth round, which is very good.

So I think for me it's a little bit of an advantage, yeah.

Q. There's been a lot of attention on Roger and Rafa in the past couple weeks. Do you feel you're sliding under the radar in terms of media attention and that sort of thing?

ROBIN SODERLING: Well, yeah, I think there's always going to be a lot of attention on Roger and Rafa, of course. You know, they're No. 1 and 2 in the world. I think in every tournament they play, they will be the favorites.

But I think there's many guys who can actually compete against them and have a chance to win the tournaments like this when they're playing well.

Q. Do you feel like you're ready to compete against those guys in the final of a Grand Slam and perhaps to go that step further?

ROBIN SODERLING: Yeah. I already played two Grand Slam finals and I beat them both in Grand Slams. But, again, of course they will always be the favorites, and we are the guys who need to play really well if we're going to have a chance to beat them.

Every match, you know, I will always have a chance.

Q. Do you ever hear from Borg at all, best wishes? You've play better here than he ever did.

ROBIN SODERLING: Yeah, sometimes. We meet sometimes, and sometimes he calls me, sends me texts. It's nice.

Q. You may play against Tsonga. You never lost a set against him.

ROBIN SODERLING: Yeah, we played many times. Even though I haven't lost a set, we had tough matches. He's a great player. I always played very well against him. Hopefully, you know, if I play him now, I will play well again.

But you never know, he's a tough player, and he obviously likes it down there in Australia, being a finalist a couple years ago.

Q. But you play well against him because you like his game?

ROBIN SODERLING: I'm not sure. You know, I always play well, as I said, against him. But he's a tough player. I don't think anybody can say they like his game because he's very good and it's always tough against him.

But I've been lucky to play good against him.

Q. Now you work a little more with your new coach, can you tell us a little bit about the relationship you have?

ROBIN SODERLING: Yeah. You know, so far it worked very well. We haven't lost a match yet together, which is not many players can say that (laughter).

But still it's very fresh. We had a couple of good weeks at the off season. But of course it's very different, you know, working together when you have the time at home, really practicing, than when you're at a tournament.

But we worked on a couple details in my game which I feel I already improved. But hopefully, you know, the time goes on and we have more time to work on it. Hopefully it will keep improving.

Q. What kind of details?

ROBIN SODERLING: I'm trying to play a little bit more aggressive, come to the net a little bit more. Of course, my net game, we worked on a lot, how to move at the net. Also my serve, I'm trying to mix it up a little bit more than before.

And, again, you know, it's working fine so far.

Q. When Europe is freezing and you come to Australia which is very hot, how do you adapt?

ROBIN SODERLING: It's nice to get some tan (laughter).

No, I always like to come down here during the winter when it's cold back home in Europe. But it's not very difficult. You know, we travel a lot. We play on different places all the time.

This year I choose to come here pretty early. I played in Brisbane and I had a week of practice in Melbourne just to get prepared. And I think, you know, it worked well.

Q. Roger and Rafa are the players who play always on the Rod Laver Arena. Sometimes you go other places. What do you prefer, to go on the center court or to play near to the crowd?

ROBIN SODERLING: You know, it's very different. There's always courts you like better and there's courts you don't like as much. But sometimes it can be the center court, sometimes it can be an outside court. It's very different.

But I try not to think about it too much. Just focus on my game. Here all the courts are very similar, so it's not a big difference.

http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/new … 85680.html

#8 ) Rotterdam 2011



R32 Robin Haase 6-3 6-2
R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 5-7 7-6(7)
Q Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 7-6(5)
S Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-4
W Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 3-6 6-3

Soderling Claims Third Title Of Season


Robin Soderling has a 17-1
record in 2011.

World No. 4 Robin Soderling is proving nigh on unstoppable at the start of the 2011 ATP World Tour season as he clinched his third title in four tournaments with a 6-7(8), 6-3, 6-3 victory over Marin Cilic in the final of the Open 13 in Marseille.

The Swede has opened the season with a 17-1 match record, also winning titles at the Brisbane International (d. Roddick) in the first week of the season and at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam (d. Tsonga) last week. His only defeat came at the hands of Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in five sets in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

“It’s of course a very nice feeling," said Soderling. "Winning three tournaments in four tries is something I’ve never been close to before. It’s the best possible start. I’ve won many matches and only lost one, unfortunately in the fourth round in Melbourne. It’s a great start and I really hope it can continue this way."

It is the first time in his career that the 26-year-old Soderling has won three ATP World Tour titles in a season. As winner of the ATP World Tour 250 indoor hard-court tennis tournament, he added a further 250 South African Airways 2011 ATP Ranking points to his tally and received €93,450 in prize money.

Top seed Soderling had not dropped a set in three matches to reach the final, but found himself up against it when Cilic broke serve in the first game. While Soderling was able to fight back and level at 4-4, Cilic had the edge in the ensuing tie-break and took a one-set lead.

Soderling struck back in the second set with an early break of serve and despite relinquishing his lead midway through the set, reeled off three straight games from 3-3 to level the match. He then converted one of his three break points in the third set to clinch victory in just over two hours.

“It was tough," admitted Soderling. "I was a little bit unlucky that he broke me in the first game and then he played really well. I wasn’t aggressive enough and really let him dictate the rallies in the first set. I told myself I needed to be on top of things a little bit more and be more aggressive and it really worked; the second set was really good for me. I’m really proud the way I turned things around.”

It marked Soderling’s ninth ATP World Tour title from 19 tour-level finals. The Tibro native had finished runner-up in Marseille (l. to Hrbaty) on his debut in 2004. 

World No. 28 Cilic was contesting his ninth ATP World Tour final (5-4 record) and his first since finishing runner-up in Munich (l. to Youzhny) last May. The Croatian returned to top form this week in Marseille, having won back-to-back matches only three times in the past six months.

“For a set and a half I was playing really well and in a high level; I was able to stay with him physically and dictating the game," reflected Cilic. "I was extremely happy with the performance I played. In the seventh game of the second set, when I lost serve, that changed the momentum a bit. He got a step in front of me and I was all the time behind, looking to make changes to get back in the game. He was really playing good in the second part of the match.

“I’m really pleased with this week and also the past two or three weeks, starting with the Australian Open. That shows me I’m a little bit more in the game and playing better. It’s, of course, a little bit of a relief to come to the final after almost a year. I think I played well all week. There is no reason why I should stop here.”

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis … eason.aspx

Soderling rozstał się ze swoim trenerem, po 5 miesiącach współpracy. Trochę dziwna decyzja. Soda ostatnio trochę cieniował, ale od stycznia zdążył wygrać 3 turnieje ATP, czyli 1/3 tego, co miał na koncie przed rozpoczęciem współpracy z Pistolesim.

Soderling splits with coach of five months



Robin Soderling has parted ways with his coach Claudio Pistolesi, just five months after joining forces with the Italian.

Soderling, who was coached by Magnus Norman until December last year, enjoyed a blistering start to the year by winning three of his first four tournaments in Brisbane, Rotterdam and Marseille.

His only ATP loss in the first two months of the season was at the hands of Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

But since then the Swedish world number five has been struggling and last week's straight sets loss to Juan Martin Del Potro in the quarter-finals at Estoril appears to have been the final straw.

"It's true, they will end their co-operation," Soderling's agent Nina Wennerstrom said. "He's an amazingly good coach and Robin respects him a lot.

"There have been many things in their work that has been working very well but there have also been some parts that they have had different points of view.

"They have decided to end this together but they've done it as friends. Robin is proud of what he has achieved but knows that he can get even better. After all, he's just 26.

"We'll be looking at some options and we will make a decision quite soon. It's an intense time of the year with the French Open and lots of other tournaments. We'd like to find a replacement as soon as possible."

Soderling has reached the final of the French Open in each of the past two years, losing to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal respectively. The Swede also boasts the record of being the first, and so far only, man to beat Nadal at Roland Garros, which he did in 2009.
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