The 15-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal suffered a surprising defeat at the hands of the 34-year-old Gilles Muller from Luxembourg at Wimbledon.

Nadal believes Muller’s tactics had made it hard for him to perform and results to his downfall as the Spaniard was dumped out of Wimbledon 2017 in an epic five-set 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13.

However, Nadal’s reaction to defeat brings stunning ovation, see below:

Class in defeat.

After a titanic contest, Rafael Nadal waits to walk off court with opponent Gilles Muller#Wimbledon #ManicMonday pic.twitter.com/1URgEVS9sG

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 10, 2017

Of course, the match attracted lots of tweets from fans around the world.

Well that was brilliant. Nadal is such a class act, so gracious in defeat but WHAT a performance from Muller 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎾 #Wimbeldon

— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) July 10, 2017

Wouldn't have been me shaking nadal hand after that he's been picking his arse all day

— Kenny McLean (@kennymclean66) July 10, 2017

What a match from Gilles Muller but kinda sad we won't be seeing more of Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon again this year 😢 #Wimbledon

— Anne Keothavong (@annekeothavong) July 10, 2017

https://twitter.com/SPWatson/status/884489948660989957

Nadal and Muller greet each other at the end of the match. #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/Yn0Bl48ru0

— Balls.ie (@ballsdotie) July 10, 2017

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