For someone who has just ousted one of the world’s best tennis players, it is expected that this player would be brimming of confidence and will be raring to make a deep run at one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world.
135th-ranked Steve Darcis, who just eliminated fifth-ranked Rafael Nadal in the first round of the Wimbledon 2013 Championships, would certainly have been considered as a threat in the tournament but the Belgian surprised the world when he announced that he will be pulling out of the tournament.
Darcis was slated to face Lukasz Kubot of Poland in the second round on Wednesday .
“I cannot serve,” he said. “Even on the forehand side, I cannot hit a ball. It makes no sense to go on the court to withdraw after two games.”
“I think when you beat a guy like Rafa in the first round, you want to show more, you want to play more matches. I was playing maybe the best tennis in my life here,” he added.
