Dustin Brown beats Rafael Nadal the two time wimbledon champion on centre court!
The tennis player ranked as Germany's world number 102 won 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-4 to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the third time.
It is only the second time this year that the 30-year-old has won back-to-back matches at the top level.
Rafael Nadal, 29, has now lost in the second, first, fourth and second rounds on his
past four visits to Wimbledon.
On each occasion the 14-time Grand Slam champion was beaten by a player outside the world's top 100.
Brown, who changed nationality from Jamaican to German in 2010, now has a 2-0 record against Nadal having beaten the Spaniard on grass in Halle in 2014.
"You have to play your A game against him," Brown told BBC Sport.
"I am fortunate I played him twice on grass, which is my favourite surface - I wouldn't want to play him anywhere else.
"My game makes him not play his game. He doesn't get in a rhythm."
Nadal's last four Wimbledon campaigns have ended in defeat to underdogs ranked 100 in the world or lower at the time.
The 14-time Grand Slam champion admitted after his latest upset that he may not ever recapture the form that secured titles at the All England Club in 2008 and 2010.
"I going to keep working on getting back to that level, but, if I don't make that happen, I played five times here on the last day and had the trophy back home two times. It is not bad," he added.
Brown came through three rounds of qualifying in Roehampton last week, needed four sets to win in the first round on Tuesday and played five sets of doubles on Wednesday.
Thursday's victory guarantees him £77,000 in prize money, and Brown will take on 22nd seed Viktor Troicki in the last 32 on Saturday.
"It's great that people are appreciating me for my tennis. But on the other side, if I would worry too much about what people think, then I wouldn't have the hair and probably wouldn't look the way I look," Brown added.
"When we watch my matches it's like, 'OK, that's a good shot, maybe that was stupid'.
"That is how I am. That's what makes me dangerous, especially on these surfaces."
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source BBC sports.
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