Rafael Nadal played two brilliant tiebreaks to wrap up a big victory against Kyrgios on Centre Court last night. In their seventh meeting the Spaniard recorded his fourth victory against Kyrgios and first at a Grand Slam. The number two seed avoided an exit before the third round for a fourth time in his career,…
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Nadal and Kyrgios set to entertain Wimbledon Centre Court
In their seventh ever meeting, world number two Rafael Nadal will take on Nick Kyrgios in the last match on Centre Court. The pair met for the first time at Wimbledon in 2014 when Kyrgios, aged 19, upset the 2010 champion defeating him in four sets. The often controversial Kyrgios called Nadal ‘super salty’ in…
Queens champion Lopez to face 10th seed Khachanov
Queens Singles and Doubles champion Feliciano Lopez will be the second match on Court One today, in a tough match up with Russia’s Karen Khachanov. 37 year old Lopez has three times been a quarter finalist at Wimbledon, though his most recent came eight years ago. He will hope that the sensational week he had…
Nadal breezes past Sugita to set up Kyrgios tie
Rafael Nadal won comfortably in his opening match of Wimbledon 2019, beating Japan’s Yuichi Sugita 6-3 6-1 6-3 Not contesting a grass court tournament in the build up to this year’s Championships showed early on for the Spaniard, who lost 11 points in a row to find himself 0-2(0-40) down. However Sugita as not played…
Nick Kyrgios through to Wimbledon second round after topsy-turvy five setter
Nick Kyrgios overcame compatriot and childhood friend Jordan Thompson 7-6 3-6 7-6 0-6 6-1 in what was a very unscripted affair. Nick Kyrgios made his name when he beat Rafael Nadal as a 19 year old at the 2014 Wimbledon, whilst Thompson is still yet to win a match at Wimbledon despite being in the 1st round for…
Match Preview- Rafael Nadal vs Yuichi Sugita
Number three seed Rafael Nadal will play his first match today against Japanese qualifier Yuichi Sugita. Last up on Court One, Nadal will hope to win comfortably having never lost to an opponent at a Grand Slam ranked as low as world number 274 Sugita. Potential second round opponent Nick Kyrgios was 144th when he…
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