Post by account_disabled on Jan 10, 2024 4:21:14 GMT -5
The Spanish Rafael Nadal played for the second consecutive time on the center court of Wimbledon to beat the Kazakh Mihail Kukushkin, 77th in the world, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4, in two hours and 23 minutes, and reach the third round.
Like the Swiss Roger Federer, Nadal has already reached the round of 32 of this major without giving up a set. That of Basel, giving up 14 games, and that of Manacor 19. Both are the two main pieces of the tournament, which this Thursday was left without last year's finalist, the Croatian Marin Cilic, who lost to the Argentine Guido Pella, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) and 7-5.
"Very tough, he plays very well on gr, it was a Binance App Users Data good test," said Nadal as soon as he finished against his rival on Thursday, "and the most important thing is that I was able to surp him," added the second favorite, champion in 2008 and 2010. "I entered the court with a lot of determination, thinking that I had to make not too many unforced errors, and I managed to do it," he continued.
"It's better this way," he responded to the fact that he had gone through his first two matches without dropping a set. "But the best thing when you play here is to give your best. Sometimes it is like that and other times you are not so good at it, but now the important thing is that I have a day in between, to practice and prepare for the next game."
Without displaying a brilliant game, but effective enough to knock out the Kazakh tennis player for the fourth time, and for the second time at the All England Club (2014), Nadal is now entering the decisive part of the draw.
He will face in the third round the Australian of Spanish descent Alex de Mianur (Uruguayan father and Spanish mother, and residence in Alicante) who defeated the Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-5 and 6-3 in three hours and five minutes.
The duel began with a launched Nadal who quickly went up 3-0, but almost with the same speed the Manacor player gave up the next three games, and then went on to control the match without any further scares for the Spaniard. However, his game had notes that made the current world number one frown, with a low percentage of first serves: 65 percent, giving it up on 13 occasions and only 11 points won this time, less than half that in his first match against the Israeli Dudi Sela.
Like the Swiss Roger Federer, Nadal has already reached the round of 32 of this major without giving up a set. That of Basel, giving up 14 games, and that of Manacor 19. Both are the two main pieces of the tournament, which this Thursday was left without last year's finalist, the Croatian Marin Cilic, who lost to the Argentine Guido Pella, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) and 7-5.
"Very tough, he plays very well on gr, it was a Binance App Users Data good test," said Nadal as soon as he finished against his rival on Thursday, "and the most important thing is that I was able to surp him," added the second favorite, champion in 2008 and 2010. "I entered the court with a lot of determination, thinking that I had to make not too many unforced errors, and I managed to do it," he continued.
"It's better this way," he responded to the fact that he had gone through his first two matches without dropping a set. "But the best thing when you play here is to give your best. Sometimes it is like that and other times you are not so good at it, but now the important thing is that I have a day in between, to practice and prepare for the next game."
Without displaying a brilliant game, but effective enough to knock out the Kazakh tennis player for the fourth time, and for the second time at the All England Club (2014), Nadal is now entering the decisive part of the draw.
He will face in the third round the Australian of Spanish descent Alex de Mianur (Uruguayan father and Spanish mother, and residence in Alicante) who defeated the Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-5 and 6-3 in three hours and five minutes.
The duel began with a launched Nadal who quickly went up 3-0, but almost with the same speed the Manacor player gave up the next three games, and then went on to control the match without any further scares for the Spaniard. However, his game had notes that made the current world number one frown, with a low percentage of first serves: 65 percent, giving it up on 13 occasions and only 11 points won this time, less than half that in his first match against the Israeli Dudi Sela.