Los Angeles Times: Rafael Nadal is stunned at Wimbledon

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By Art Spander
Special to the Los Angeles Times

WIMBLEDON, England -- The match began under the blue sky of a humid English late afternoon. It ended in the Twilight Zone.

A kid from the Czech Republic who never even had qualified for Wimbledon before now, a kid who is ranked 100th, stunned the tennis world by defeating one of the game's all-time greats, Rafael Nadal.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Rafael Nadal stunned by 100th-ranked Rosol at Wimbledon

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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England -- All Lukas Rosol wanted was to play respectably. "So I don't lose 3-0,'' he said. He played spectacularly. He played Rafael Nadal right out of Wimbledon in an upset of enormous proportions.

Rosol, 26, is ranked 100th in the world. Nadal, 26, an 11-time Grand Slam winner, is No. 2 and was trying for his third Wimbledon title.

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