Wimbledon 2013: Tournament of Surprises and Setbacks

New Delhi, Jul 3: Wimbledon 2013 which is into its 127th edition has provided some surprises and some major setbacks. The tournament become interesting after young players defeated some top seeded players. Lets move back and see some exciting achievements and exits of seeded players. The first setback was of Rafael Nadal, who suffered his first ever opening round defeat at a Grand Slam tournament to Steve darcis of belgium. This is the first time since 1997 that a French Open men's champion lost in the very first round of Wimbledon. Andy Murray deafeated Benjamin Becker to win his 107th Grand Slam match breaking Fred Perry's record tally of 106.This wimbledon witnessed numerous players retire in the first round due to injury. Marin Cilic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Victoria Azarenka, John Isner, and first round surprise Steve Darcis backed out from the tournament.Roger Federer surprisingly lost to Serhiy Stakhovsky in the second round. This marks his first loss since 2004 in a grand Slam before the quaterfinals.Bobby Reynolds' defeated by Novak Djokovic in the second round marks the first time American exit before the third round at Wimbledon since 1912.At 42, Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm became the oldest woman player to reach third round of Wimbledon.Six top women's seeds out of top ten got out before the third round. The defeat of Maria Sharapova was a major blow to the fans. This is the first ever worst performance by top ten seeds in a Grand Slam tournament.Laura Robson, the first British woman reach the fourth round after 15years in Wimbledon.Serena Williams loses to Lisicki in 4th round.