Andy Murray's exit from this year's Wimbledon championships was a clear reminder that while he is very, very good, he is not the best. He wasn't only beaten by Grigor Dimitrov, he was ignominiously thumped.
Of course, he's not the only big name to have a bit of a bad time this year, with Rafael Nadal also finding it tough going and losing to a largely unknown 19 year old Australian. What makes Nadal's exit less significant in some ways than Murray's is that he's already accumulated 14 Grand Slam titles to Murray's two, and grass is definitely not his surface.
In the men's draw, we're now down to the last four and it's an unusual bunch. After several years of Nadal, Djokovic, Federer and Murray making this part of almost every major championship their own, only Djokovic and the Grand Old Man, Federer, remain, to fight it out with a couple of young upstarts in Dimitrov and Milos Raonic.
Who will make it to the final ? For what it's worth, I can't see Dimitrov troubling Djokovic but I can see Federer having difficulty with Raonic. While 'my man' is Federer, I can't see passed a Djokovic-Raonic final, with Djokovic eventually winning his second Wimbledon crown. With any luck, that prediction has now cursed the other three and Roger will make it 8 titles - wouldn't that be something !
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