Wimbledon Day 2 – three games to watch



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Dudi Sela (ISR) against Rafael Nadal (ESP x2)

– The double champion Nadal, fresh out of his 11th triumph of Roland-Garros, arrives at the All England Club after not having played in the warm -up on grbad, opt instead to practice instead in Mallorca. Nadal, 32, has not surpbaded the sixteenth at Wimbledon since he was second in Novak Djokovic in 2011. Nadal holds a 2-0 career lead over Sela, 33, who made the third round in 2017 "

Simona Halep (ROM x1) vs. Kurumi Nara (JPN)

– Fresh off its first Grand Slam breakthrough at Roland Garros, Halep, the world's number one, claims that the pressure was nil at Wimbledon, where she was semi-finalist in 2014. The Romanian beat the 2002 men's champion, Lleyton Hewitt, last week, to boost her skills on turf. Nara, who only measures 1.55m (1.5ft) has a Grand Slam pedigree – in 2017, she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova, a two-time double winner, in the second round of the US Open. Made the third round on his debut at Wimbledon in 2010 after qualifying.

Tennys Sandgren (USA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB x12)

– Djokovic begins his bid for a fourth Wimbledon title worn by the finals at Queen's last month. The former world number one has been forced to leave his Wimbledon quarterfinal with an elbow injury in 2017, a setback that has sparked a disturbing decline in confidence as he collapsed. The top 20. Sandgren, of the United States, stunned the quarterfinals of the Australian Open last January against Stan Wawrinka and Dominic Thiem. He also provoked a storm for his alleged support to right-wing groups, something the pious Christian denied. "Looking to put people in these little boxes so that you can order the world in your preconceived ideas already taken, you strip any individuality to demonize through the collective," said the reporter at 26. reply. Reached the final in Houston this year, but will debut at Wimbledon.

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