Soderling Ponders His Tennis Future

Written by: Staff on 20th February 2012

Soderling Ponders His Tennis Future

Robin Soderling of Sweden returns to Bernard Tomic of Australia during their third round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 25 June 2011. EPA/NEIL MUNNS |

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After nearly seven months away from tennis and with a one-time Top Five ranking now in freefall on 24th and dropping, Robin Soderling is starting to wonder if he will ever again have a career in tennis.

The 27-year-old Swede has not put foot on an ATP court since last July, when he won his home Bastad event on clay before being diagnosed with the glandular fever which remains with him to this day.

A clearly depressed Soderling told Stockholm’s Svenska Dagbladet that he is unsure of when he might be able to make a tentative return to the sport where he beat Rafael Nadal on clay at Roland Garros and played 2009 and 2010 finals at the clay-court major.

He told the newspaper that he should have stopped playing the moment he got his diagnosis but foolishly decided to play on in 2011. “In hindsight, I did wrong. I’ve always been bad at listening to my body.

“Maybe I pushed myself too hard when I had glandular fever. It may be the reason why I have not made a quick recovery.”

Soderling has no idea when he can return. “I try not to worry because it does not make things better, maybe it makes things worse. But I realize that anything can happen. I could feel good enough for another three years, but that might be too late.”

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