( CNN ) -- An unknown tennis player ranked number 100 burst from obscurity and knocked Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon Thursday . Lukas Rosol defeated the number 2 ranked Nadal , 6-7 ( 9-11 ) 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 . Fresh off the biggest win of his life , Rosol said : `` Before the last game , I was not sure if I will be shaking or not because it was the first time against Rafa and the first time also in Wimbledon Center Court . You never know what to expect , so it was not easy , and I survived . '' Rosol comes from Prerov , Czech Republic . He made his Wimbledon debut after losing in the first round of qualifying the last five years . In contrast , Nadal has reached the Wimbledon finals five times in the last six years , winning the title twice . Both players are 26 years old . Rosol started playing tennis at age six , and his hobby is listed as watching sports , according to his ATP profile . His favorite surface to play is clay , although his latest victory came on Wimbledon 's famous grass courts . Prior to the season , Rosol had never won a tour-level grass-court match , according to ATP . Looking dismayed after his earliest Grand Slam defeat in seven years , Nadal spoke haltingly in a press conference . `` These kinds of matches can happen . Today it happened , '' said Nadal , who has won 11 Grand Slam titles . Later , Nadal tweeted in Spanish : It could n't be ... This is sport ! You must know how to celebrate wins and assume defeats ! Congratulations to Lukas for his great match ! '' Called one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam history by tennis commentators , many assessed Rosol 's prospects for the rest of the tournament . Former tennis player , Jimmy Connors tweeted : In ‪ # tennis‬ we call Rosol a stopper , he wo n't win or even go deep in tourney but he will stop a top seed from advancing ‪ # wimbledon‬ . Martina Navratilova ‏tweeted : Happy for Lukáš Rosol , but really feeling bad for Rafa , would be shocked if Rosol can get anywhere near that form again ... agree with Jimmy .
Lukas Rosol , ranked 100 , defeated the number 2 Rafael Nadal . Rosol made his Wimbledon debut this year . Comment: