Nadal 2 Sets Down 1St Day Of Wimbledon!!!

[ladybirder]

Amazing match. Anyone watching?

[jim360]

Yes!

Murray wins his first set so looking fairly comfortable. Doesn't have to play brilliantly in the first week, just well enough.

Nadal on the verge of another shock loss... Who'd have thought? I was tipping him to reach the final!

[Bazile]

who is he playing ?

[bednobs]

darcis. Looks like he's injured tho

[ladybirder]

Darcis, been around along time but not done a lot. From Belgium.

[ladybirder]

Can't believe he's actually going to lose though. You can never discount Rafa.

[jim360]

5-3 Darcis, third set...

This would be the mother of all comebacks if Nadal is to pull it off...

[Mattk]

King of France but at what cost?
2 years running it appears to have crocked him for Wimbledon.

[ladybirder]

Yep. And it's the mother of all matches for Steve Darcis.

[coccinelle]

Don't you think the French Open and British Open are too close together?

[jim360]

:O

[FredPuli43]

Didn't need a tie-break. Darcis is 135th in the world rankings and is in his tenth year as a pro.

[ladybirder]

WOW! Just WOW! Darcis just played the match of his life. Congratulations. I'm sure Nadal will be back though. Love them all.

[ChillDoubt]

Rafa out but he obviously wasn't a hundred percent. Take nothing away from Darcis though, he was sensational.
Rafa showed his class as a champion though by still signing autograohs for the kids at the end.

[jim360]

All of that fuss about "Nadal should have been 4th seed, it's a joke that he's 5th" -- and he's dumped out in the first round. Those people who said that don't know tennis.

But wow. I still think Rosol's victory was more impressive, but... my word Darcis played well.

[ladybirder]

Agree Chill, Rafa is pure class. Darcis was superb today and good natured with it. Better bask in the glory while he can. The JRT has just come out from behind the sofa, not too happy with my screaming.

[johnny37]

At his press call he was gracious enough to say he had an 'off day'. There was something more to it than that.

[ladybirder]

I expect we'll learn more in time johnny.