Nadal vows return despite fresh headache

Nadal vows return despite fresh headache

London : Rafael Nadal must have realised it wasn’t going to be his day at Wimbledon when he bashed his head against a door frame performing a warm-up leap in the bowels of Court One as he prepared to face Gilles Muller.
Almost five hours later, the great Spaniard was nursing a weighty dose of hurt pride as yet another Wimbledon campaign slipped away from him.
His dramatic 6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 15-13 fourth round defeat against Luxembourg’s 16th seed Muller was his fifth exit before the quarterfinals in his last five visits to the All England Club. It was a heartbreaking blow for Nadal who arrived at the tournament fresh from a record-setting 10th French Open title with genuine belief that he could capture a third Wimbledon title and a 16th career Major. Despite his disappointment, and what appeared a valedictory wave to all corners of the shell-shocked court, the 31-year-old insisted he will be back in 2018.
“I never said I am not going to come back. I want to come back because I want to play more times in the Centre Court,” said Nadal.

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