Who is Lukas Rosol? Rank 100 Defeats Champion Rafael Nadal

Considered as an underdog in the competition, Czech player Lukas Rosol garnered overnight fame after defeating 11- time grand slam winner and tennis superstar Rafael Nadal.

The 26-year-old Rank 100 tennis player was raised in Brno, Czech Republic and was trained by former player Slava Dosedel, who was once ranked 26th in the world and reached the quarter-finals of the US Open in 1999.

Rosol competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles.

One of the highlights of his career is when he ranked 65th, which he achieved in August last year after reaching the quarter-finals of a Challenger tournament in San Marino.

This is the first time that Rosol joined Wimbledon Tournament. Rosol's first-round win against Ivan Dodig was his first win at Wimbledon in his career.

This is the sixth year in succession the Czech has played in the tournament but it is his only fourth major league. All of his previous five appearances all resulted in losses in the first round of qualifying. Rosol says his favourite surface is clay and four of his five Challenger titles have come on the red stuff.

Rosol has never won a match in the main draw at either the Australian Open or the US Open.

His best grand slam performances and a highlight of his tennis career have come at the French Open. Last year, he qualified and reached the third round when he won over Argentina's Carlos Berlocq in the first round before losing to Juan Monaco.

Last night, he played against tennis superstar Rafael Nadal for the second round of the qualifying matches for Wimbledon Men's Singles Tournament and the match ended with 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 scores in favor of Rosol.

The match instantly listed Nadal to Wimbledon's greatest upsets. The Tennis Champ lost to World's Rank 100. This is the first shameful defeat for Nadal. For Rosol, this is like a dream come true to be able to defeat one of Tennis protégé, especially on his first Wimbledon.

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