As the one and only person who had ever defeated Nadal at Roland Garros, the fifth seed Soderling seemed helpless in the duel, rendering his opening serve in the third set and finishing runnerup two years in a row.

Spain's Rafael Nadal Spain's Rafael Nadal poses with his trophy after he defeated Sweden's Robin Soderling at the end of their men's final match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Nadal won 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

"I didn't play as good this year as I did against him last year. I didn't serve as well. I wasn't hitting the ball as clean. It was tough today. I didn't really get into the match," said the 25-year- old Soderling, who gave Nadal his first defeat at Roland Garros in the fourth round last year, but lost the final to Swiss Roger Federer, whom then grabbed his first clay court Grand Slam title so as to complete his career Grand Slam.

Soderling lost to Federer in last year's final but thrillingly dethroned the top seed in the quarterfinals this year.

Therefore, Nadal will replace Federer to be the world No. 1 when the new rankings are released on June 7th.

With five French Open titles in pockets, Nadal is only behind Swede legend Bjorn Borg, who clinched six titles at Roland Garros.

Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a return against Sweden's Robin Soderling during their men's final match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, on June 6, 2010.

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