World number two Rafael Nadal crushed France’s Jo Wilfried Tsonga 6-2 6-3 6-2 to reach the second week of Wimbledon. The man from Mallorca made an intense start to the contest, and broke the French serve early on. At break point a rather flat Tsonga hit a forehand down the line wide causing him to…
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Nadal set for Centre Court showdown with Tsonga
Rafael Nadal will continue his bid for a third Wimbledon title as he takes on Jo Wilfried Tsonga today. Despite playing each other twelve times, the pair have never met at SW19. Nadal leads the Frenchman 8-4 across their meetings, however they have not met in almost four years. It was Tsonga who got the…
Nadal gets the better of Kyrgios in four set thriller
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,…
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…
British number one Edmund cruises into second round
British number one Kyle Edmund cruises into second round Kyle Edmund looked in formidable form on centre court as he beat Jaume Munar 6-4 6-4 6-4 to reach his third successive second round at SW19. Tipped as Britain’s best hope in the men’s draw, Kyle Edmund only seemed in trouble early on. His Spanish opponent…
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