Live: Francisco Cerundolo - Rafael Nadal. Men's Wimbledon Match 2022
Now, Rafa Nadal is looking to become the sixth player capable of winning the first three majors on the calendar, after Jack Crawford, Don Budge, Lew Hoad, Road Laver and Novak Djokovic. Only two of them, Don Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969), completed the Grand Slam in the same year.The Balearic tennis player has already won four tournaments in 2022, including two Grand Slams, the Australian Open and Roland Garros, in addition to Melbourne and Acapulco. Only once has the man from Manacor managed to be champion in three Grand Slams in the same season, in 2010 when he won Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open.He lost those of 2006 and 2007, both against Roger Federer, and the last one he played, in 2011 against Novak Djokovic. However, his stumbles are also remembered. Up to five editions he has not been able to overcome the third round, tell Srichaphan, Gilles Mulles, Lukas Rosol, Steve Darcis or Dustin Brown.A Grand Slam whose surface is the least favorable for the Balearic Islands, despite this he has reached the final five times and has been proclaimed champion on two of them (2008 and 2020). He managed to reign on the London grass in 2008 when he defeated Roger Federer in the final and in 2010 when he beat Tomas BerdychHello, good afternoon and welcome to the debut of Rafa Nadal, fourth in the ATP Ranking, in this edition of Wimbledon. After proclaiming himself champion at Roland Garros, he reappears today on the majestic Center Court of the All England Tennis Club in London against Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, number 41 in the world.
