SPANISH tennis ace Rafa Nadal's Wimbledon record has just taken another nose-dive after he was beaten in round two by a qualifier who has only ever won four matches in his career.
As the Mallorca-born sporting legend (pictured) struggles to regain his form after more than two years plagued with one injury after another, three-times world champion John McEnroe tells him to 'get a new coach'.
The outspoken former player says Rafa's uncle, Toni Nadal, has 'done an excellent job' with his nephew 'since he was a young kid', but believes 'new blood is needed' to give him a fresh angle to his play.
Speaking of what is now Rafa's fourth 'shock' defeat at the All England Club, McEnroe said: "Once you lose that aura, it's hard to get it back. Players feel it and can feed off it."
Whilst Rafa's prize money pot over his 15-year career reaches nearly €66 million, his rival, qualifier Dustin Brown, does not even have a coach and has to buy his own racquets.
And some say the greatest 'shock' of all about the Mallorcan's early losses against previously-unknown players is that it is no longer, in fact, a shock at all.
Critics say Nadal's relentless play, his super-powered forehand and top-spin and extreme force of his tactics which has hitherto left his opponents quaking in their boots may have come back to bite him: such powerful techniques are physically demanding and mean he could well burn out quicker.
They say he is 'old for his age', 29, in the physical sense, with a chronic tendonitis that he has only been able to keep under control rather than cure, compared to older players who are still going strong such as 33-year-old Swiss former champion Roger Federer whose game is less aggressive and therefore puts less strain on his body.
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