Roger Federer vs. Robin Soderling — End of the Streak (French Open 2010)


For the second consecutive year, Robin Soderling stepped onto Philippe Chatrier court ready to rock the tennis world and rewrite the history books. 367 days after stopping Rafael Nadal’s 31-match winning streak at Roland Garros and inflicting the Majorcan’s first and indeed only defeat to date on the Paris clay, Rockin’ Robin took his best shot at Roger Federer — and knocked the champion clean off his feet. And after two-and-a-half hours of play, the Swede had brought an end to a record which may never be broken. Since losing to Gustavo Kuerten here in the third round in 2004, Federer had gone on to reach 23 consecutive Grand Slam semi-finals. And then along came Rockin’ Robin…