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**VinodKumar's** · 21st June 2013, 06:31 PM

If he cant' defend his championship he will ranked # 4 that is below Ferrer hmmm intha avalam lam thevaya !!! Hope to see at least 2011-2012 form soon..

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**m_karthik** · 21st June 2013, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

If he cant' defend his championship he will ranked # 4 that is below Ferrer hmmm intha avalam lam thevaya !!! Hope to see at least 2011-2012 form soon..

There are more possibilities for him to be ranked 5 by the end of championship if he doesn't defend it...
A decade in Top 4.... last ranked No.5 on 23.06.2003 and got into top 4 with his first Wimbledon..

**raagadevan** · 23rd June 2013, 04:55 AM

Nadal not bothered by Wimbledon fifth seeding

“The rankings say that these kind of things can happen. I know we are talking about Andy and Roger probably, but I don’t see them before quarter-finals and semi-finals. So I have a long way to work before that,” said Nadal on Saturday. “I’m number five in the world today, in the rankings. There is no discussion, It is completely fair that I am number five and David (Ferrer) is number four. That’s it,”

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis...cle4841710.ece

**VinodKumar's** · 24th June 2013, 10:46 PM

Nadal out of Wimbledon ... seems to be fitness issue ...

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/...092754768.html

**m_karthik** · 25th June 2013, 12:55 AM

Nadal: I shouldn't have played at Wimbledon last year..

He told that on 22-Jun.. Why did he made the same mistake this year also if he is injured?
Overconfidence that he will not lose so early like this?

http://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/sport/s...HMLRKiCEp6r.99

**raagadevan** · 25th June 2013, 06:25 AM

Rafa Nadal loses to 135-ranked Steve Darcis of Belgium, in the first round of Wimbledon. Congratulations, Steve! You have made sports history!

Don't count Rafa out yet... Remember? He won the French Open 3 weeks ago; the only man to win the same Grand Slam Championship 8 times... and he is only 27 years of age! Hang in there Rafa...

You know you can win again, and again, and again...

**ajithfederer** · 25th June 2013, 10:37 AM

It's literally quite sad and bizarre. Everybody wants a tournament fought at full capacity.

**raagadevan** · 26th June 2013, 08:24 PM

Steve Darcis, who beat two-time champion Nadal in straight sets on Monday, pulls out of Wimbledon!!

Steve Darcis, the 135th-ranked Belgian who beat two-time champion Nadal in straight sets on Monday in one of Wimbledon's greatest upsets, pulled out because of a right shoulder injury.

Darcis, who had been scheduled to play Lukasz Kubot of Poland, said he hurt his shoulder while diving for a shot in the first set against Nadal.

"After the match, a few hours after, I start to feel so much pain, I couldn't sleep that night," he said. "I saw the physio, the doctor, yesterday. They did a good job. It's a little bit better today. But no chance I can play. I cannot serve. It makes no sense to go on the court to withdraw after two games."

Darcis had become an overnight sensation after beating the eight-time French Open champion and holder of 12 Grand Slam titles.

"When you beat a guy like Rafa first round, you want to show more, you want to play more matches," Darcis said. "I was playing maybe the best tennis in my life here. Not to go on the court today, it's maybe the biggest disappointing thing I have to do."

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/5-playe...#ixzz2XKmCV3PN