Robin Soderling has
been announced as the new tournament director of the Stockholm Open.
The former world number 4 who most memorable moment was his win
against Rafael Nadal at the 2009 French Open hasn't played since
Bastad 2011 due to illness (source - ITF). Soderling
has been hit badly with mononucleosis (aka Gladular fever) which had
led to him developing extreme fatigue leading to the Swede at times only being
able to play tennis for no longer than 15 minuets. He did empathise
that despite his new role, he still hopes to return to the tour one
day. Below is a translated statement by Soderling which was published
on stockholmopen.se :-
“I exercise gently
to come back. Meanwhile, I find it stimulating to still get to be
involved in tennis and then get to work with Hult and Wallen who
really has raised the status of the races both in Bastad and
Stockholm. It will be fun to scout new stars for the competition and
work with the competition's partners and media”
mononucleosis is a
unfortunately very common illness that tennis players experience with
other players affected by the illness included in the past Roger
Federer, Justine Henin, Andy Roddick, Mario Ancic (who retired due to
the recurrence of the disease), John Isner, Sam Stosur and Heather
Watson.
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