Recent career lowlights for Rafael Nadal, the world number five and 14-time Grand Slam-winner, who was knocked out of the Australian Open in the first round on Tuesday by countryman, Fernando Verdasco.
August 2014: Withdraws from the US Open with a wrist problem, raising fresh fears about his health after several battles with injury.
November 2014: Undergoes surgery to remove his appendix in Barcelona.
January 2015: On his return to Grand Slam tennis, Nadal loses in the Australian Open quarter-finals 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5) to Tomas Berdych.
June 2015: Novak Djokovic ends the king of clay's six-year French Open unbeaten streak in the quarter-finals, 7-5, 6-3, 6-1.
June 2015: Nadal's ranking drops to 10th, his lowest in more than a decade, and just a year after he was world number one.
July 2015: Concerns grow as Nadal exits Wimbledon in the second round to 102nd-ranked Dustin Brown, 30.
September 2015: Nadal throws away a two-set lead to exit the US Open third round against Fabio Fognini, leaving him without a Grand Slam title for the first season since 2004.
December 2015: After his chastening season, Nadal admits he's not sure he'll ever win a Grand Slam title again. "I don't know if that's going to happen," he tells reporters in New Delhi.
January 2016: Loses in five sets to fellow Spanish left-hander Fernando Verdasco at the Australian Open, in only his second loss in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament.
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