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At the outset, Gonzalez’s game was as shaky as his voice had been during a prematch TV interview. Soderling seemed tense, too, facing three break points over his first two service games.
But then Soderling began looking a lot more like the man who upset Nadal, winning 31 of the next 38 points on his serve. When Soderling eventually faced another break point, in the second set’s 10th game, he smacked a 133 mph ace.
Down 2-0 in sets, Gonzalez did not wilt. Instead, Soderling faltered, getting broken in the last game of each of the next two sets. In the fourth, Gonzalez lost an argument over a line call and sat on the court to wipe away the shot’s mark in the clay, leaving the back of his black shorts smeared with dirt.
Gonzalez went up 3-0, then 4-1 in the fifth set, and would say: “I really thought I was going to win.”
Turned out he wouldn’t win another game.
“Didn’t look good,” Soderling said. “I just tried harder, and all of a sudden, it all worked again.”
Sounds easy enough. With six-time French Open champion Bjorn Borg, a fellow Swede, watching from the front row, Soderling hit one last forehand winner — his 31st — to stretch his career-best winning streak to nine matches. Soderling dropped to his knees and folded his body forward, covering his face with both fists.
“The way he came through today was impressive,” Federer said. “He’s playing the tennis of his life.”
Asked if he’ll miss seeing Nadal across the net Sunday, Federer smiled.
“No,” he answered. “Not really.”
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
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After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
