2-Time Wimbledon Champion Nadal Knocked Out By Jamaican Dustin Brown

Two-time Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal made an early exit for the fourth year in a row as he was outplayed a player ranked outside the top 100, Jamaican-Born German national, Dustin Brown.

Germany’s world number 102 won 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-4 to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the third time.

It is only the second time this year that the 30-year-old has won back-to-back matches at the top level.

Nadal, 29, has now lost in the second, first, fourth and second rounds on his past four visits to Wimbledon.

On each occasion the 14-time Grand Slam champion was beaten by a player outside the world’s top 100.

Brown, who changed nationality from Jamaican to German in 2010, now has a 2-0 record against Nadal having beaten the Spaniard on grass in Halle last year.
“You have to play your A game against him,” Brown told BBC Sport.
“I am fortunate I played him twice on grass, which is my favourite surface – I wouldn’t want to play him anywhere else.
“My game makes him not play his game. He doesn’t get in a rhythm.”

Brown came through three rounds of qualifying in Roehampton last week, needed four sets to win in the first round on Tuesday and played five sets of doubles on Wednesday.