Nadal in shock exit from French Open
By Gregory Jones, on 1st June 2009, 12:55 UTC
Last night, Rafael Nadal's reign as the King of Clay came to an abrupt end at the hands of Robin Soderling, the world's twenty third seed, at the 2009 French Open at Roland Garros. The world number one had not lost a match at Roland Garros since making his debut in 2005, and had looked on course for a record fifth successive French Open title. However, in one of the biggest upsets in French Open history, Rafael Nadal's dream of clinching a fifth title was crushed by Robin Soderling.
Robin Soderling will now meet the world number ten, Nikolay Davydenko, in the quarter-finals of the 2009 French Open.
Elsewhere, world number three, Andy Murray, beat Marian Cilic in straight sets to claim his spot in the quarter-finals of this year's competition.
Today's remaining fourth round matches sees Andy Roddick, Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro all fighting for places in the quarter final
The next Grand Slam tournament after the French Open is the 2009Wimbledon tennis championships. British tennis fans can catch their favourite players in action at Wimbledon, which takes place from June 22.
Then theBarclays ATP World Tour Finals will be held in November at the London O2 Arena where only the top eight players will compete to become champion in this end-of-season tournament.
Wimbledon tickets and tickets for theBarclays ATP World Tour Finals are available to compare at tixdaq.com.
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