Nadal trains at Wimbledon three years later

Rafael Nadal he stepped on the Wimbledon grass again three years later. The one he knows, he has been a champion here twice, but he has been separated in recent years, one because of the pandemic and the other to preserve his body.

In a difficult two -hour training session, the Spaniard tested himself on court 2 of the complex Aorangi of the All England Club. A session in which he was accompanied by Grigor Dimitrov and where he got his first sensations Wimbledon since he dropped in 2019 in the semifinals against Roger Federer.

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Nadal appeared at the mythical London complex just after four o’clock in the afternoon, a few hours later Novak Djokovic done working out on another training track. The champion in the last three tournaments is accompanied by Ulysses Badiohis physio, and Goran Ivanisevic, his coach, and held his second training session, after landing on Sunday at London.

The man from Manacor, for his part, was accompanied by Mark Lopez Y Francis Roigtwo of his coaches, for Rafa Maymo, his physio, and some close friends. Carlos Moyá, who is usually not at Wimbledon to spend time with his family, is not there.

Nadalafter the training series, the rallies started with a Dimitrov who reached the semi-finals here in 2014 and lost 14 of 15 duels against Nadal. The Bulgarian, trained by the Argentine DanteBottini, came with more rhythm over this, after playing a tournament last week to the Queenwhere he lost in the second round.

After about 40 minutes of training, Nadal Y Dimitrov They took action and played a set and a half practice. The Bulgarian is far superior, especially in a service that has distributed more than ten aces, and that cannot be imitated by a Nadal who is not satisfied with his service.

The Spaniard was uncomfortable with that punch throughout practice and on the contrary he didn’t put too much first into the game, in addition to making a few double faults. Dimitrov, after an hour and a short fight, left as the winner to score 6-3 and 2-1 up in the second set with a ‘break’ favor.

Nadal’s presence at the All England Club was one of the great attractions that day and most of the volunteers from the complex went to Aorangi to see the Spanish train, as well as other players circling the courts. of training.

Completing his first session at Wimbledon, Nadal will return to training on Tuesday at 11:00 local time, before playing his first Hurlingham exhibition match against Swiss Stan Wawrinka on Wednesday. EFE

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