Wimbledon Day 2 – three games to watch | Sports



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  Rafael Nadal during practice at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on July 1, 2018. - Reuters pic
Rafael Nadal at the All England Lawn Tennis Club and Croquet training in London on July 1, 2018. – Reuters Peak

LONDON, July 3 – Three matches to watch today, the second day of Wimbledon (x means seeding):

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 n & rsquo; Not having played at the warm-up on turf, opting Instead of training in Mallorca

Nadal, aged 32, has not gone past Wimbledon's last sixteen since qu & # 39; 39, he finished second in Novak Djokovic in 2011.

Nadal holds a 2-0 lead in career Sela, 33, who made the third round in 2017 before the injury requires him to take his retreat against Djokovic

Simona Halep (ROM x1) against Kurumi Nara (JPN)

Fresh from his first breakthrough French Open slam, world number one Halep says the pressure is off at Wimbledon where she was semi-finalist in 2014.

The Romania She was the 2002 men's champion, Lleyton Hewitt, last week.

Nara, who has a 1.5-foot-1 (1.55-m) Grand Slam pedigree, has twice beaten Svetlana Kuznetsova (19659009) Tennys Sandgren (USA) against Novak Djokovic (SRB x12) [19659008] Djokovic begins his bid for the second round of the US Open

. A fourth Wimbledon title worn by the finals at Queen's last month

The former world number one was forced to leave his Wimbledon quarterfinal with an elbow injury in 2017, a setback which caused a disturbing decline in confidence. Among the world 's top 20, Sandgren, of the United States, surprised the sport by knocking down the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in January against Stan Wawrinka and Dominic Thiem

. -wing groups, something you're looking to put people in these little boxes so that you can order the world in your already assumed preconceptions. "

You strip any individuality to demonize by the collective, "The 26-year-old told reporters in reply.Teached the final in Houston this year, but will make his debut at Wimbledon." – AFP

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