THIS kind of thing simply doesn't happen to Rafael Nadal.
Seven years have elapsed since the Mallorcan last exited a grand slam before the third round – the Spaniard going down to Luxembourg's Gilles Muller in the second round at SW19 during 2005 – but at around 10.15pm last night unheralded Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic changed all that.
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