Rafael Nadal, who won his first grass-court title at Queen’s in 2008, went out in the first round on Tuesday after an absence of four years but insists defeat has not dented his selfu2011belief for Wimbledon, which starts on Monday week.
“It’s a loss, I think I didn’t play bad at all,” he said after losing to the world No79 Alexandr Dolgopolov, who powered 16 aces past the Spaniard to win 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 in two hours and 13 minutes in front of an audience that included José Mourinho and the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos.