100th ranked Czech Lukas Rosol ousts Nadal from Wimbledon Race

The biggest setback of the ongoing Wimbledon tournament came Thursday night when the seven times Roland Garros winner world no.2 Rafael Nadal lost to 100th ranked Czech Lukas Rosol in the second round of the tournament.

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It seemed that the Czech had his batteries fully charged. While Nadal did rob him of the first and fourth set, the Czech had his goalposts clearly marked - to oust the Spaniard from Wimbledon.

Having lost the firts and fourth set 6-7(9) and 2-6, he won the second, third and fifth sets seemingly with much ease and won the match 6-7(9) 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4.

Nadal must be awe stricken over his defeat at the hands of a 100th ranked player - perhaps green grass is not homely for the clay master. Nadal who was looking forward to the finals, must be under great shock for having been ousted in just the second round.

There has been no other set back Thursday as almost everyone who mattered won their second round matches:

Andy Murray (GBR) def. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-5 6-7 (5) 6-2 7-6 (7)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-7 (3) 6-4 6-1 6-3

David Ferrer (ESP) def. [Q] Kenny De Schepper (FRA) 7-6 (1) 6-2 6-4

Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) def. Go Soeda (JPN) 6-2 6-3 1-6 6-4

Andy Roddick (USA) def. Bjorn Phau (GER) 6-3 7-6 6-3 

So its good bye to Nadal from Wimbledon - but here I must quote Boris Becker who once said when losing:

“I didn’t start a war. Nobody died. I only lost a tennis match, nothing more."