Nadal loses in the 2nd round. Wow. Roddick advances further than Nadal in a tournament. Wow.
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Usually the most mentally tough player on tour, Rosol really got into Nadal's head today. Huge serves on his service games, and a ton of movement at the baseline when Rafa was serving.
Really opens up that side of the draw for Murray to get to the final. And a loss like this for Nadal really sheds more light on how incredible Federer's run in the Grand Slams has been, beyond just having the most titles ever. He had a run of 23 straight seminfinals in slams, and in all but 3 of those he went to the finals. He's made 32 straight quarterfinals in slams. Rafa's longest run of semifinal appearances is 5; for quarterfinals it is 11.
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