He was trailing Andy Murray, the 2008 Open runner-up, 6-4, 3-0, when he retired with a shoulder injury, experiencing defeat for only the second time in 59 matches this year.
"There is a transition coming at St Helens in the next three to five years," conceded Daniel Anderson, the Saints coach, after experiencing defeat in a final for the first time with the club.
But have a think about why you support them – is it because they have a cool name, were the best team when you started following the sport or visit London each year and you feel you have to support them despite experiencing defeat at Wembley annually?
Gordon Strachan did his best to remain upbeat despite experiencing defeat to Wales in his first competitive match as manager of Scotland.
New loan signing Matthew Upson is confident Brighton can reach this season's Championship play-offs despite experiencing defeat on his debut.
Although experiencing defeat in his first international, John managed to gain revenge over Australia just over a month later when the same team faced Llanelli at Stradey Park.
Obama has certainly experienced defeats, particularly when it comes to unemployment.
The multiparous sows in the present study, however, were likely to have included some that had experienced defeats and some that had experienced success, and therefore exhibited different cortisol responses in the group housing.
This could explain the negative correlation between attacks initiated, attacks received and cortisol variation for primiparous sows, as they most likely experienced defeats when they were group-housed with older sows in the gestation pen and thus were more habituated to the outcome of the agonistic interaction at mixing post farrowing.
Unlike most Israeli commanders, Sharon experienced defeat.
