The Agony of Wimbledon 2013: A Sampling of Facepalms, Face-Plants, and Total F**kery

July 9, 2013June 24, 2014 Val and J.D.

Stan Wawtrinka face palm Wimbledon Round one 2013 pictures photos — **Stanislas Wawrinka, succinctly summing up the Wimby that was.**

Wimbledon 2013 will go into the history books in Britain as a glorious, landmark victory for Andy Murray. For the rest of us, Wimby was an absolute horror show, full of big upsets, injuries, and outright insanity. While there were some excellent matches and moments for underdogs to shine, there was also plenty of Agony to go around for tennis fans. We start with Rafael Nadal, who found himself staring down another loss to a guy having his Best Day Ever.

Rafael Rafa Nadal hands on hips loss to Darcis Wimbledon 2013 photos — **“Okay, now I am really…how you say? *Pissed off*.”**

Rafa Nadal loss Darcis hands on hips Wimbledon whites frown pictures — **“No, *seriously*. WTF is happening?”**

Sad Rafa Nadal Wimbledon 2013 losing to Darcis pictures screencaps — **Sad!Rafa :’-(**

Rafa’s dejected demeanor was heartbreaking enough, but fans knew things were really bad when Rafa skipped his post-match shirt change ritual. We’re guessing he’d rather have broken that “losing early at Wimby” pattern instead.

Darcis pout Nadal match Wimby 2013 Wimbledon pictures Rafa loses — **The face of victory.**

Perhaps this is the moment Steve Darcis realized he would be backing up his giant-killing victory with a soul-killing withdrawal.

Azarenka fell, injuring herself enough to knock her out of the rest of the tourney. Rafa went out. Then Stanislas Wawrinka became the victim of one of Hewitt’s insane bursts of inconceivable awesomeness.

We’re guessing this is one of the many variations of the “I should have gotten that over the net for a winner” pose we saw from so many players this fortnight.

Stan Wawrinka hands on hips Wimbledon pictures photos white shirt shorts — ***For sure, this is not going well at all.***

Stanislas Wawrinka stunned losing to Hewitt photos — I just lost a grass court final to my buddy Nico…and now I’m on the Cursed Court 1 on what shall soon be known as “Black Wednesday” … and I seem to have mistakenly gotten Ryan Harrison’s draw.

That’s Benoit Paire, taking a time-out in the corner during his battle with Stephane Robert. Don’t worry, Ben actually won this match.

Maria Sharapova loss de Brito Wimbledon MTO on ground grass leg stretch bare legs white dress pictures images — **Male fantasies beginning in 3…2…1….**

It’s not very often we see Maria Sharapova down for the count. She was another Big Name Upset at Wimby this year.

Maria Sharapova back turned Wimbledon 2013 Larcher de Brito loss photos pictures white dress screencaps — *Unfortunately*, Maria realized, turning her back on Michelle Larcher de Brito did not make her go away

With the projected Fedal quarterfinal dream/nightmare already shattered, Rog decided he might as well bail, too. During the tense match with a playing-at-his-peak-level Sergiy Stakhovsky, we got to see the many emotions of the Maestro in trouble.

Roger Federer Fed contemplating serve white polo Wimbledon pictures — **Nervous.**

Handsome Roger Federer scratching arm holding racquet returning serve stoic Stakhovsky match Wimby 2013 photos pictures — **Worried.**

Roger Federer intense close-up handsome Wimbledon loss Stakhovsky 2013 white headband orange swoosh — **Deeply Concerned.**

What do you want from me? It’s Fed! The only guy who gives away less is Lendl–Murray’s team periodically holds a mirror under his nose to be sure he’s breathing. But while Fed may do his best to remain calm under pressure, things up in the players’ boxes can sometimes be a bit more revealing.

In the Fed camp:

Wimbledon 2013 Lynette Federer, Mirka Federer, Severin Luthi players box Roger perplexed WTF expressions photos — **Lynette Federer: “He’s *your* husband.”**
**Mirka Federer: “Whuh? He’s *your* son!”**
**Severin Luthi: “WTF is wrong with these Swiss players?”**

In the Stakhovsky camp:

Anfisa Bulgakova Sergiy Stakhovsky wife players box pictures images photos Wimbledon 2013 — **Boris and Natasha: “Our plot to eliminate Federer iz working. Next ve vill take care of Moose and Squirrel.”**

Meanwhile, the next generation of tennis was doing this:

Sloane Stephens face palm gasp red nails Wimbledon 2013 photos pics — **We’re guessing *that* shot didn’t land in the right place.**

Grigor Dimitrov face plant fall on ground grass tumble racquet Wimby pictures photos — **It’s not a real tourney until Grigor does a face-plant…**

Ernests Gulbis Ernie drinking on court back towel Wimbledon pictures — **Ernie Gulbis, possibly doing a shot of vodka during his match against an inspired Fernando Verdasco.**

Benoit Paire, arms outstretched forlorn confused loss to Kubot Wimby 2013 pics — **Paire beseeching the heavens for help from what fans affectionately (and exasperatedly) refer to as “Benoit-ing.”**

Lukasz Kubot MTO inner thigh massage bare legs sexy pose on ground Wimbledon Paire match trainer visit photos pictures screencaps images — **Apparently Paire should have just said: “I’ll have what he’s having.” O_o**

The man on the ground there is the eventual winner of the match, Lukasz Kubot, who felt so…erm…invigorated, he danced a jig after his victory.

Week 2 did its best to top the Cray Cray that was Week 1:

Serena Williams hands on hips bad shot Lisicki match loss Wimbledon white dress Wilson racquet pictures photos — **When things go badly for Serena…**

Sabine Lisicki laugh smile after bad shot holding racquet white dress Wimbledon Serena Williams match 2013 win pictures — **When things go badly for Sabine…**

Serena Williams Wimbledon loss to Lisicki pout screencaps images photos — **Bad shot…**

Sabine Lisicki grin happy smile Wimbledon victory over Serena Williams photos pictures pretty girl — **Worse shot…**

Sabine Lisicki face down face plant in grass Wimby win over Serena pictures images photos pics — **And in the Opposite World of Lisicki, the victory face-plant.**

Agnieszka Radwanska Wimbledon Pironkova match outstretched hand disbelief frustration pose white dress visor pictures — **Aga Radwanska, offering her interpretation of the “What the hell was *that* shit?” pose.**

Agnieszka Aga Radwanska MTO bare legs massage towel Wimbledon Li Na matc 2013 images — **Aga takes an MTO for her rebelling thigh muscles, which eventually failed to carry her back to the Wimby final.**

Li Na face racquet kiss frustrated Wimbledon loss Radwanska pictures closeup pretty — **Instead of a facepalm, Li Na gives us a face-racquet…right before losing to Radwanska.**

Sloane several times vented her frustration by pounding her fists against her thighs, trying to beat her legs into match-winning submission, but it was not to be. Hopefully she won’t be beating herself up too badly now, knowing she went out to the eventual Wimbledon champion, Marion Bartoli.