Summary
THE hard yards pounding around European clay courts finally caught up with RafaelNadal last night when he was sent spinning out of the Artois Championships by unfancied Frenchman Nicolas Mahut.
Five days after winning a third French Open title, the world No 2 was humbled 7-5, 7-6 by a player ranked 104 places below him, one of his claims to fame being his status as Tim Henman's sole victim this year.See the full content of this document
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Shattered Nadal Meets His Match
Sooner or later Nadal was bound to suffer a reaction to his exertions on the clay, especially as he willed himself to make the immediate transition to the surface most alien to him.
This is a defe...See the full content of this document
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