Roger Federer Has Finally Won the Elusive French Open

On Sunday, June 7th Federer has tied Pete Sampras' record of 14 Grand Slam championships and completes a career Grand Slam - at least one trophy from each of tennis' four most prestigious tournaments. Federer beat Robin Soderling (6-1), (7-6) and (6-4), and the rain soaked crowd was cheering for Roger throughout the Match. The elusive French Open served him up the cup, that Nadal had kept Federer from winning.

I was a bit disappointed to see Federer have to play a 25th seed Robin Soderling. It almost guaranteed Roger Federer his first French Open. After watching the Federer and Nadal battle it out in the last three French Open tennis tournaments. I would have probably missed watching this tournament, but there was significant tennis history in the making. It is not every day that you see a record being tied or broken in Tennis. In a way I was glad that Federer would be playing a number 25th seeded player. It would make the task so much easier for Roger Federer to tie Pete Sampra's record.

Robin Soderling was born in 1984 in Tibro, Sweden. He has not done much in 2009, he has been knocked out of most tournaments in the 2nd or 3rd round . He lost to Federer in the third round of the Madrid Masters. He also lost to Nadal in the Rome Masters in the third round. The French open has been Soderling's most successful tournament in 2009. Robin Soderling had beaten number 10th seeded Nikolay Davydenko, 12th seeded Fernando González, and of course the number 1 seed Rafael Nadal in the fourth round, who could possibly be missing Wimbledon because of a knee injury.

Robin Soderling was down 4-0 before he won a game in the first set, which he lost 6-1. The second set was when he finally showed everybody why he was in the French Open finals with Roger Federer. It took Federer a tie breaker to win the second set (7-6). He trailed throughout the third set, but he kept it close before Federer won (6-4 ). Soderling had finally found his 135+ mph serve in the second set, which made the match much more competitive. Soderling will be ranked 18th now.

Any Grand Slam victory now, will help him to break Pete Sampra's record, and prove to the world that Roger Federer is indeed the best tennis player in the world. He has a chance to break that Grand Slam record this month when he plays in Wimbledon.