Rafael Nadal suffers a shock 1st round exit at Wimbledon

Ex-champion Rafael Nadal slumped to a shock first-round exit as world number 135 Steve Darcis pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history. The Belgian was inspired as he recorded a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 win on Court One to condemn the fifth seed to a second successive early exit at SW19.
It was his first competitive grass tie since Lukas Rosol beat him last year.

However, reigning champion Roger Federer eased into the next round with a 6-3 6-2 6-0 win over Victor Hanescu. The 2008 and 2010 Wimbledon winner saved four set points in a second set tie-break and then failed to take one of his own before Darcis claimed it at the fifth opportunity. And the Belgian showed
no signs of nerves as he broke in the first game of the third set before serving out for a famous win which condemned Nadal to his first ever first-round defeat at a Grand Slam.
He became the first reigning Roland Garros champion to lose in the first round of Wimbledon since Gustavo Kuerten in 1997.
Nadal refused to use the knee problems which kept him sidelined for a lengthy period after last year's Wimbledon exit as an excuse for the defeat.