Nadal opened the Wimbledon center

The Spanish Rafael Nadal inaugurated this Thursday the central track of Wimbledon in a training set against the Italian Matteo Berretiniwhere the Balearic Islands fell to 6-4.

Nadal He keeps adding minutes to his backpack against one of the best rivals you can get over it. Berrettini amassing nine consecutive wins on the grass, coming off winning the titles of Queen’s at Stuttgart and has a 31-3 record since 2019 on top of this, in addition to reaching the Wimbledon final in 2021 and winning Queen’s 2021 Y Stuttgart 2019.

The Spaniard had the honor to be the first this year to step into Cathedral of tennis, after the organization decides that tennis players can practice here the week before the tournament starts to fix the weeds.

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This was done on the idea that the surface would not be as slippery as last year, when tennis players wanted to Serena Williams and Adrian Mannarino they had serious injuries and many knockdowns in the first rounds. Traditionally, the center court is inaugurated on the Saturday before Wimbledon starts, with a friendly doubles match between two club members, invited by the lottery.

Later, the defending champions will open the game to him, in this case Novak Djokovic, who won the last three editions of the contest. not being Ashley Bartyhas yet to decide who will premiere it in the girls box.

In the training set, Berrettini He scored the victory thanks to a break in favor with 3-3 on the scoreboard he held until the finish with his strong service.

This is the second exercise session of the day for Nadal, who previously trained on one of the courts Aorangi Park with Francis Roig and Marc López. This is a light exercise, with a look at the game Berrettiniand after beating yesterday Stan Wawrinka at the exhibition of Hurlingham.

The Spaniard will play again this Friday against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in Hurlingham, in what will be his final preparations for the match before the start of Wimbledon. In addition, Nadal will play that match known to be his first rival and his path to the tournament, as the draw will take place at 10 am in London this Friday.