Upset of the Year.

Robin Soderling's upset of Rafael Nadal in the 4th round of the French Open is by far the most shocking win this year, if not ever.  Nadal possibly the greatest clay court tennis player to ever step foot on the red dirt had never been beaten and amassed 31 straight match wins and 4 straight titles at Roland Garros.  Going into the match a snowball in hell had a better chance than Soderling beating Nadal.  A month earlier at a Masters event in Rome, Italy which is also played on clay, Soderling and Nadal matched up and Nadal creamed Soderling 6-1, 6-0.  Its no secret that there is some bad blood between these two competitors (due to the infamous Soderling pretending to pull out his wedgie like Nadal does and fist pumping after a net cord winner, instead of apologizing at the 2007 Wimbledon), so with Nadal playing at the tournament he has dominated like no other,  and also the factors that Nadal would be motivated to destroy his Swedish enemy, and that Soderling, himself knew that he had little-to-no-chance of winning.  It looked like it would be an ugly day for the Swede..... Well just like most sports and tennis is no different, the games are played on the court or field.  Soderling came out blazing his forehand and was over-powering Nadal on clay.  A feat that people thought could not be done.  4 sets later Rafael Nadal streak was over, and  the shocking news of loss around the world had just begun.  Soderling not only won, but won convincingly 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6.

Maybe it was the pink shirt that did Rafa in.

Its pretty sad, but this is the best video I could find of the event.  Gotta love the 2 handed wave Soderling gives Nadal after winning as if to say "get the fuck outta here Rafa."  Soderling kicks so much ass. (the video on here is cut off on the right side for some reason.  Click on the video and it will take you to the youtube page, and it can be seen uncut.)