Rafael Nadal Loses to Dustin Brown In Second Round Of Wimbledon

“It’s a sad moment, but at the end of the day I have to accept it”. But life continues. My career, too.

“Being on grass, being on court with him and having won the last match it made me feel more comfortable”.

Hard to believe Brown played doubles for four hours on Wednesday, losing a five-set match with partner Andreas Haider-Maurer. “But from what I’ve seen, he’s saying it’s not necessary”, said Djokovic.

The 30-year old used to travel to tournaments in a camper van bought by his parents and briefly toyed with representing Great Britain before opting for Germany. Or, frankly, even now?

There were no such problems for ex- champions Roger Federer and Andy Murray, who swept into the third round. His tennis style is aggressive, playing on the front foot, attacking the net and using his agility to put his opponents under pressure.

He skipped the defence of his U.S. Open title in 2014 due to a wrist injury and to add insult to injury he then underwent an appendectomy as he shut down most of the second half of the season.

His only Grand Slam loss to an Australian came in his first major – against Pat Rafter at the 1999 French Open.

For USA tennis legend John McEnroe, it is time for Nadal to consider cutting the cord with his uncle. He lost to Federer in the 2006 and 2007 finals, then beat him 9-7 in the fifth set of the epic 2008 final.

The twice champion admitted: “I don’t know if I will be back to the level of 2008 or 2010”.

Lukas Rosol beat the Spaniard in the second round in 2012, only to lose his next match. When he first broke into the top 100, he personalized his vehicle’s number plate. Last year, Kyrgios lost to Milos Raonic in the quarterfinals. “Unbelievable but effective. If we had half the tour that played like Brown and half that played from the baseline, that would be absolutely awesome”.

“Here, it was great to play serve-and-volley so well and to do it for that long”.

Most importantly, he never let up.

“This year I was ready to compete well and I was playing well before that tournament”, he said.

Thanks to a straight-sets victory versus Nadal previous year in Halle, Germany, Brown had never dropped a set to Nadal. Brown looked up at his guest box, where folks were jumping and yelling and fist-pumping wildly.

“Standing at 6’5” and with long dreadlocks, Dustin Brown is about as photogenic as they come. But I am going to keep working on that.

Federer, meanwhile, wasn’t really tested against Sam Querrey and not many would have forecast a tight contest to begin with.

Brown’s Twitter account before his famous win over 14-times grand slam champion Nadal had some 41,000 followers, but the number was rapidly rising.

The 13th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, sixth seed Tomas Berdych and 18th seed Gael Monfils are also through.

Roberto Bautista Agut (20), Spain, def. Benoit Paire, France, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Murray won 6-1, 6-1, 6-4.

“It’s always good to help, if that’s what he needs”, said Ward, who faces Vasek Pospisil of Canada.

In the women’s draw, two-time victor Petra Kvitova cruised to another quick victory, beating Kurumi Nara of Japan 6-2, 6-0 in 57 minutes.