In 15 trips to the All England Club he has never – never – been beaten at this stage.
As someone is beaten up on stage, the screen slowly turns blood red – to the accompaniment of "blue, blue, electric blue".
The result was a 4-2 victory for St . Louisat Fenway Park, evening this World Series at one game apiece and affirming that, yes, the Cardinals can loosen up in the spotlight and, yes, the Red Sox can be beaten on this stage.
The Swiss missed regulation forehands, was unusually tentative when approaching the net and so deserved to pack his bags at the quarter-finals for a second consecutive grand slam, having being beaten at this stage earlier in month at the French Open by Robin Soderling.
England went out at the quarter-final stage, beaten by eventual losing finalists France, but suffered came under fire throughout for their performances on the pitch and their behaviour off it.
Guitarist Willie Adler said, "I can't recall that particular show, let alone a fan being beaten on the stage.
In China, tradition dictates that huge drums are beaten and rituals staged in an attempt to scare away the dragon that has eaten the sky.
The USA then lost 24-19 in extra-time to Canada in the semi-finals of the plate, one of the consolation competitions for teams beaten at different stages in the tournament.
In the 2010 World Cup Switzerland faced Honduras in the group stage, having beaten Spain 1-0 but lost 1-0 to Chile.
He had almost beaten Nadal at this stage in Melbourne but when he took 10 serves to get on the board at the start, and was forced to save a break point, we wondered.
