Wimbledon 2013: Rafael Nadal refuses to blame knee after losing to Steve Darcis But no worthy words from the Majorcan, who had arrived at Wimbledon fresh from a record eighth French Open triumph, could disguise the magnitude of this result. Plainly shaken after losing in the first round of a grand slam for the first time in his career, Nadal became agitated at the repeated questioning over his knee trouble after he began limping during the third set. Are you joking? I answered this question three or four times already," he snapped. I'm not going to talk about my knee. The only thing I can say is that Steve played a fantastic match. Everything I could say about the knee would be an excuse, and I don't like to do that when I lost a match like this. Steve deserves not one excuse. Nadal, who had not set foot on a grass court this season until last Thursday, was also forced to defend his scheduling after pulling out of this month's event in Halle. Denying that he had prioritised Roland Garros over Wimbledon, he said: "Seriously, I don't have a priority. I don't see any way you can prepare for one tournament in particular. For sure, it is tough losing in the first round. This is a sport of victories. It's not a sport of losses: nobody remembers those. And I don't want to remember this loss. There was another awkward moment when Nadal was asked if he thought, given his injury anxieties and two consecutive first-week exits, he could ever challenge for a third Wimbledon title. "I have been in five finals here, with two victories," he said. I don't know how many players have that. For me, that is a lot. I think I have a few more years left here to compete at the right level.