Nadal beats Sonego and raises the level to the second round

Rafael Nadal landed this Saturday in the round of 16 at Wimbledon by beating Lorenzo Sonego 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in central London, after 2h 04m.

The 36-year-old Spaniard completed his most convincing performance and will face the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp in the next round of the British great, who beat Richard Gasquet 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7) and 6-1.

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After two thorny matches in the first two rounds of the tournament, against Francisco Cerúndolo and Ricardas Berankis respectively, Nadal offered his hierarchical version against the Italian, who barely managed to tickle him and was an ideal stimulus for the Majorcan to raise his level of play ahead of the second leg of the competition.

Without setbacks, serious and rallying more naturally, the champion of 22 majors gave an acceleration.

This is his tenth access to the second round of the English

in 15 participations.

Carlos Alcaraz (against Jannik Sinner) and Serbian Novak Djokovic (Tim van Rijthoven) will take part in them this Sunday.

Meanwhile, Nadal will face an opponent with fond memories, since the only time they have met, this year at the third stop at Roland Garros, the Spaniard achieved a consistent victory: 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

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