Wimbledon 2013: Five reasons why Nadal lost his first round clash to Darcis

2. Unforced Errors

A lot of the unforced errors – 24 – from Nadal’s racquet stemmed from the excellent play of Darcis on the other side of the net.

The Belgian, who employs a single-handed backhand, used the slice to good effect and the court, wet and damp from all the rain over the past few days, kept the ball low and made it tough for Nadal to get under them and unleash his whip-like forehands.

To go with that, Darcis made 53 winners, 19 more than Nadal and having the same number of unforced errors had a huge net differential of +19 in this category over the Spaniard.