Although this little exhibition, tourney in Abu Dhabi, doesn't mean much of anything, it's still a nice way for Nadal to start the new year. By defeating the man who literally ripped him a new one at the French Open and then again at the World Tour Finals.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to see this match since it was only an exhibition tournament and didn't get any broadcasting, (at least none that I'm aware of) so I can't tell you for sure how well Nadal or Soderling were playing, but I'm guessing Nadal must have done pretty well to have beaten Soderling in straight sets on a hard court.
The day before their match, Soderling, stunned Federer in 3 sets, making this the first time that he's beaten the #1 player in the world. I don't think Roger, particularly cares about these exhibition matches. In fact he doesn't seem to care about any of the tournaments except for the majors. That's where he plays his best tennis, so this loss isn't really all that surprising. If Julien Benneteau, can beat Roger Federer on hard courts, then Robin Soderling, sure as hell can do it.
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