Tennis
Brown sends Rafa packing─── 08:59 Fri, 03 Jul 2015
The King of Clay - Rafael Nadal is out of Wimbledon.
Jamaican-born Dustin Brown of Germany sent the 10th ranked Nadal packing in four-set set in a performance when the world number 102 outclasses the Spaniard in all aspects of the game.
The big-serving Brown won 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4 to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the third time.
The 29-year-old Nadal has now exited Wimbledon in the second, first, fourth and second rounds on his past four visits to the All England Tennis Club.
It is only the second time this year that the 30-year-old has won back-to-back matches at the top level.
It was also the second time Brown has beaten Nadal on grass, and Brown says his plan was to take the two-time champion out of his comfort zone.
"It was easy for me to play my game against him because I had nothing to lose.
"I am lucky to have played him twice on my favourite surface. I wouldn’t want to play him on hard court or clay.
"Here it was great to play serve-and-volley so well and to do it for that long.
"I knew what the plan was. I wanted to take him out of his comfort zone and I held it together for the whole match.”
Brown will take on 22nd seed Viktor Troicki of Serbia in the last 32 tomorrow.
Morgan Piek / OFM News
