Nadal struggles to advance to the second round (Cliff Brunskill/Getty)
The Spanish star started his participation in the championship Wembley The Open Tennis Championships with great difficulty and struggled to qualify for the second round, while the world ranking leader, Polish Iga, followed Lipsher strong performances and achieved a new superhero number.
Starting with the Spanish star, Rafael Nadal, ranked third in the world, who beat his Argentine rival, Francisco Cerondolo in the first round of the British Championship, to qualify for the second round.
In the next round, Nadal will face Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis, who is seeking to improve his level more and more, especially in light of the difficulties he suffers due to the constant injury and the aches that do not help him to compete strongly recently.
The competition witnessed the qualification of the Greek, Stefanos Tsitsipas, the fourth, by defeating the Swiss Alexander Richard, while the American, Maxime Chrysai, scored a surprise of the caliber by defeating the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, ranked sixth in the world (7-6), (6-4) , (11 – 9), (7 – 6) and (7 – 5).
In the women’s category, the Polish world number one, Iga Švientek, achieved her 36th victory in a row, when she overcame her Croatian rival, Jana Vet, to record the best winning streak in the third millennium for women. The partnership with the American, Venus Williams, who achieved 35 wins consecutively in the year 2000.
On the same day, the American star, Serena Williams, failed in her first match in the singles competitions after a year-long absence due to a thigh injury, losing to French Armoni Tan (7-5), (6-1), (7-6) and (10). – 7), in a marathon match that lasted 3 hours and 11 minutes.
The 7-time Wimbledon winner, whose absence from the courts led to her relegation to 1204th in the world, was hoping to end the long wait for her 24th Grand Slam title to equal the record of Australian Margaret Court.