Nadal Crashes Out Of Wimbledon
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Gilles Mueller handed world number 2 Rafael Nadal a shocking defeat to deny the Spaniard a place in the Wimbledon quarter-final.
The 34-year-old Luxembourgian was in fine form as he outplayed the French Open champion, in one of the longest matches in the history of the tennis championship.
He took the first two sets 6-6 6-4 and Nadal came back forcefully to take the next two in a similar scoreline. The fifth set went into a tie break, with Muller winning 15-13 on Monday.
“I haven’t really realised what just happened – it’s just a great feeling”, Mueller said at the end of the marathon match, that lasted four hours, 48 minutes.
The victory takes Mueller into the quarter-finals for the first time in his career.
He joins Marin Cilic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych, Sam Querrey and Milos Raonic in the last eight.
The match between Novak Djokovic, seeded number 2 and Adrian Mannarino has been rescheduled for Tuesday.
Mueller turned pro in 2001 and had won two titles on the ATP Tour. His highest single ranking was 26 on 8 May.In the ladies singles veteran Venus Williams became the oldest woman to make it to the quarter finals of Wimbledon.
The other quarter-finalists are Svetlana Kuznetsova who beat Agnieszka Radwanska, Jelena Ostapenko, Magdalena Rybarikova, Johanna Konta, Coco Vandeweghe and Simona Halep who beat Belarussian Victoria Azarenka.
