‘Foot injury’ Nadal wins at Wimbledon after 3 years… “Test every day”
Enter 2022.06.29 (09:45)
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Rafael Nadal (4th, Spain) settled in the second round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament (total prize money of £435 million, about 64.23 billion won), which he participated in for the first time in three years.
Nadal defeated Francesco Serundolo (41st, Argentina) 3-1 (6-4 6-3) in 3 hours and 33 minutes in the first round of men’s singles on the second day of the tournament held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, England on the 28th (local time). 3-6 6-4) defeated.
As a result, I tasted the joy of victory on the grass court of Wimbledon, which was raised for the first time in three years since the 2019 tournament, which reached the semi-finals.
Nadal did not participate in last year’s competition due to a chronic left foot injury, and the 2020 competition was not held due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
Nadal, who holds the record for most major championships, is trying to win his 23rd major this year, but his left foot is the key.
After the French Open, which ended earlier this month, Nadal focused on recovering from an injury and did not participate in the tournament.
Nadal also considered not attending Wimbledon due to an injury.
The fact that this is the first time playing on a grass court since Wimbledon in 2019 also makes the challenge of winning the title difficult.
After the game, Nadal said, “I’m taking the test every day, and today’s test was more important.
Nadal’s next opponent is Ricardas Verankis (106th, Lithuania).
Nadal met Verankis once in Melbourne, Australia earlier this year, and won once.
In the women’s singles, Serena Williams (1,204, USA), who was called the ‘Queen of Tennis’, lost to Harmony Tan (115, France) 1-2 (5-7 6-1 6-7) in the first round and was eliminated early. did.
Williams, 41, withdrew from the first round last year due to an injury, and took a one-year hiatus. Today’s match was Williams’ first official singles match in a year, and he lost.
When asked if this was his last Wimbledon in an official post-match interview, Williams added, “It’s not an answerable question. I don’t know.” “Who knows? Where will I appear again?”
On the other hand, this year’s French Open winner Iga Siviontech (1st place, Poland) defeated Jana Pete (252th, Croatia) 2-0 (6-0 6-3) to run 36 consecutive victories.
Civil Tech will compete for the third round with Leslie Fatinama Kehoff (138, the Netherlands), who came in the second round as a lucky loser.
Kehoff came up after beating the wild card Sonay Catal (226th, England) in the first round instead of Danka Kovinic (90th, Montenegro), who suffered a back injury.
This is the first confrontation between Civiontech and Kehoff.
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