Nadal out

What a horrible result. Rafael Nadal is out of Wimbledon. In the 2nd round! Ugh...

No one had really heard of Lukas Rosol prior to that 2nd round meeting with Rafa. So it was incredibly unlucky for Nadal that Rosol was playing on a different plane. His serve was practically unplayable. He was hitting his groundstrokes with as much power as I've seen on a tennis court. And he kept that level of play for practically the entire match.

It didn't help, too, that the match was put on hold when Rafa finally seemed to have found his rhythm and his return game. It was getting dark but since the tournament officials wanted to complete their match that evening, they decided to close the roof so play could continue. However, it would take 30-40 minutes for the roof to close and the court to be set up. By then, all the momentum Rafa built in winning the 4th set and breaking Rosol twice was gone. And unfortunately, Rosol didn't let up.

Which meant that Rafa Nadal, for the first time in years, was trundled out of the second round of a Grand Slam. It also means he will drop to #3 in the world. Oh well. He still has a shot at another important grass court tournament soon - the Olympics.