THERE was something almost sacrilegious about it, as though the mere thought meant you were committing some kind of heresy.
THERE was something almost sacrilegious about it, as though the mere thought meant you were committing some kind of heresy.
Rafa Nadal congratulates Lukas Rosol following their epic encounter on Centre Court
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Stewart Fisher
But visitors to SW19 yesterday were perhaps reduced to thinking the previously unthinkable. Rafael Nadal will carry the flag of Spain at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games next month but in the light of his startling five-set defeat to Lukas Rosol under the roof on Centre Court on Thursday, it was suddenly legitimate to ponder whether the 26-year-old may need to raise the standard in more ways than one, at least when it comes to playing on surfaces other than clay.
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