Nadal marked his return to Wimbledon for the first time since 2019 with a victory over Francisco Cerundolo, but it was far from straightforward for the 22-time grand slam champion. Nadal was cruising towards a comfortable win before Cerundolo clawed his way back into it by taking the third set. Nadal was staring down the barrel of being dragged into a decider, but he broke back in the fourth before quickly sealing a 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-4 win in over three and a half hours.
It came after he favourite in the women’s singles, World No 1 Swiatek, opened up her championships on Centre Court with a straight-sets victory over Jana Fett. There is more Wimbledon royalty in action on day two with Williams making her long-awaited return. The seven-time Wimbledon champion is back in singles action after cruelly being forced to retire from her first round match at SW19 last year and the 40-year-old, third up on Centre Court, looks to ignite her comeback from a hamstring injury when she takes on Harmony Tan. Follow all the action from day two live, including the latest results, reaction and analysis from the All England Club
Three hours 33 minutes on court and Rafael Nadal gets past Francisco Cerundolo in four sets. What a showing from Cerundolo who was making his Wimbledon debut.
Cerundolo goes wide and his brilliant resistance finally comes to an end. A tough and fully entertaining match comes to a close and Rafael Nadal is through the second round!
Every point for Nadal is met with a fist pump. Cerundolo takes the opening point of the game but Nadal stays alive in the next rally with a wonderful slice that Cerundolo belts out of play.
The Argentine collects himself and knocks a backhand down the line that Nadal races over to but can only guide into the net.
Nadal has seemingly turned up another level. He guides a cross court forehand over to the right side of court to win the ball then a dodgy line call falls Nadal’s way when he challenges it.
Nadal isn’t out of it yet. He takes the first point off Cerundolo’s serve and curls a forehand return back at Cerundolo in the next rally with the Argentine finding the net.
This is a big game for Rafa in terms of the match. Hold here and there’s a chance he can get back into the set but lose and Cerundolo will have the chance to serve out.
It’s a brilliant start from the Spaniard who draws out a couple of errors from Cerundolo before finishing things off with an intelligent drop shot.
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