Wimbledon 2012 brings surprises almost every day. Some players haven’t even finished the second round, yet many stars have already been stunned by the unseeded players. Nadal, Stosur, Berdych, Wozniacki, and Isner. The list is pretty impressive.
The big surprise is Rafael Nadal’s loss to a Czech tennis player Lukas Rosol. It’s even more shocking if we remember that the 26 year old Lukas Rosol has lost in the first round of qualifiers at Wimbledon in the previous five years. He is #100 in the world. Today, he caused the biggest upset of this year’s Wimbledon. Lukas Rosol beat Rafael Nadal, the #2 seed, the two-time Wimbledon champion, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. I should add that Lukas Rosol is the lowest-ranked player ever to beat Nadal in a Grand Slam tournament.
Could anybody have predicted this to happen? No way. Almost all tennis experts put Rafael Nadal as one of the possible winners in London. Is Rosol able to go ahead and win more matches? I doubt it. His next opponent is Philipp Kohlschreiber, who shows strong and confident play. Players often go down after such a big win. We recently saw that with Fernando Verdasco and Virginie Razzano.
At least this major is intriguing and unpredictable. But I am still betting on Roger Federer to win on the men’s side and Serena Williams or Maria Sharapova to win on the women’s side.
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