Rafael Nadal survived a tough first-round test and Covid-19 chaos in a first-half tie to advance to the second round at Wimbledon.
Nadal, who won the first two matches of the Grand Slam schedule for the first time in his career, survived and beat Argentine Francisco Cerondolo, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, in 3 hours 33 minutes. . minute. Minutes. He is now 15-0 at a Grand Slam this season after winning the Australian Open and French Open to raise his men's record to 22 Grand Slam singles titles.
"The most important thing is that I'm at Wimbledon 2022 and I won the first match," Nadal said on court.
Nadal has so far escaped the Covid chaos in the midfield, which has seen Matteo Berrettini and Marin Cilic withdraw from the draw. Nadal joined the 2017 Wimbledon runner-up Cilic in the fourth round and Berrettini in the semi-finals.
Czech players Barbora Krijkova and Marie Bozkova withdrew from the French Open after testing positive for the virus.
"At some point ... we could all have had the flu," former world number 11 Alize Cornet told reporters at Wimbledon after her victory on Tuesday.
"At Roland Garros, yes, I think there have been some cases and that's a tacit agreement between us. We wouldn't put ourselves to the test to get into trouble. Then I saw girls wearing masks, probably because they knew and did I didn't want to go."
Wimbledon has not imposed any restrictions on Covid-19 this year and vaccination and testing are not mandatory for players to participate.
Meanwhile, Nadal has returned to Wimbledon for the first time since 2019 and is seeking his first Wimbledon title since 2010. Top seed Novak Djokovic will meet in the final. Djokovic said he added the motivation to win Wimbledon for the fourth time in a row as he is currently not allowed to play the US Open in the US because he has not been vaccinated against Covid-19.
"Obviously I've spent three years not playing here, and I'm not on that amazing surface, so I'm very happy to be back," Nadal said.
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After winning his 14th French Open title and 22nd Grand Slam title on June 5, Nadal said he had been planning to undergo radiofrequency ablation, which uses heat on a nerve for long-term pain relief, but would have to consider surgery if it was. that. The treatment was sufficient. does not work. for work. The tennis legend suffers from Muller-Weiss syndrome, a rare degenerative disease that affects the bones of the feet. He said he played during the Roland Garros tournament because he received several anesthesia injections during the tournament.
He said of Wimbledon: "I know that at the beginning of the tournament, especially on the physical level I got here, winning is the most important thing because it gives me the opportunity to train again and play another match in a couple of days. And I'm definitely happy with that."
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