Search icon

World of Sport

02nd Jul 2015

Rafa Nadal exits Wimbledon to 102nd rank Dustin Brown and Twitter bloody loved it

Oh

Conan Doherty

5 grand slam tournaments in a row and not one title for Rafa Nadal.

He really must be finished…

In all seriousness though, the Spaniard is struggling and he has packed his bag for the last time at Wimbledon 2015 with a second round exit at the hands of Dustin Brown.

The 29-year-old limped out of England’s premier tennis competition after a four set match with the German and any fears that Andy Murray would have to face the 14-time major winner in the quarter finals were shown to be very, very premature.

It is the third time in four years Nadal has failed to make the second week of Wimbledon and, even placing at 10th seed coming into this one and sitting 10 in the rankings himself, his departure is still a bit of a shock.

https://twitter.com/ESPNTennis/status/616684629215551488

And, whilst Roger Federer was virtually taking the piss in his game with one of the best shots we’ve ever seen, it was all doom and gloom on Planet Rafa.

This guy was just born this year obviously.

https://twitter.com/Asomeone/status/616687932368384000

This fella has had enough and lends some friendly advice.

https://twitter.com/TheProducer_TMK/status/616687923291947009

The conspiracy theories are here… sort of.

https://twitter.com/AgapeShacor/status/616683068053716992

Tell us what you really think, Sam.

Trenchant.

https://twitter.com/Ms_daeze/status/616679009947123713

Standard.

https://twitter.com/trueabsurdist/status/616688376197083137

Never miss an opportunity to turn this into Messi v Ronaldo.

https://twitter.com/SirAlexWay/status/616680350379581440

Simple.