In my predictions ahead of the tournament I had a hard time seeing Nadal go far in the Wimbledon draw. And in a marathon contest, he lost to Gilles Muller in five seats. Gilles Muller is having the year of his life (read about his racquet here), he has won two ATP tour titles (the first ones in his long career) and yesterday he beat Nadal (read about Rafa’s racquet here) with the amazing scoreline 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 after four hours and 47 minutes. “I haven’t really realised what just happened. It’s a great feeling,” said Muller after his …
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Luxembourg tennis pro Gilles Muller has been around on tour for quite a while and made his best grand slam result with quarter-final in the US Open 2008. His career has had a few up and downs, but last year he had his best career season so far which is encouraging for many “older” ATP pros (Muller is born 1983). And in his first tournament of 2017, at the ATP 250 in Sydney, he got his first ATP tour title (beating Dan Evans in the final)! Big congrats to this tennis veteran for that accomplishment. Muller’s main weapon is a …