Rafael Nadal is going to play his first match in Wimbledon after 3 years against Francisco Cerundolo. The Spanish sensation was unsure if he could play in SW19 this year because of his well-known foot injury. Nadal had a treatment in Spain after the French Open and it seems that the outcome was pretty good.
During the press conference that precedes Wimbledon, Rafa said he is satisfied with his current condition.
“So I’m quite happy about things, how they evolved. I can’t be super happy because I don’t know what can happen. But I only can speak about the feelings that I am having in the last two weeks.
There are a couple of things that are so important for me. First of all, I can walk normally most of the days, almost every single day. That’s for me the main issue.
When I wake up, I don’t have this pain that I was having for the last year and a half, so I’m quite happy about that.
And the second thing, practising. I have been overall better. Since the last two weeks, I didn’t have one day of these terrible days that I can’t move at all.”
Rafael Nadal in 2022
Ranked world no.4, Rafael played his last match on the 5th of June when he overcame world no.5 Casper Ruud 6-3 6-3 6-0 in the final of the French Open to win his 92nd career title.
Presently, during this year Nadal achieved an overall 30-3 record. Rafael conquered 4 titles in 2022 in Melbourne, at the Australian Open, in Acapulco and at the French Open. The Spaniard was the finalist in Indian Wells.
Francisco Cerundolo in 2022
WLWLWLLWLW Now ranked no.42 (career-high), the Argentine played his last match on the 21st of June when he capitulated to world no.35 Tommy Paul 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 1st round in Eastbourne (draw).
During this season the Argentine owns a composed 25-16 match record. This year, Cerundolo lifted the trophy in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.
Rafael Nadal and Francisco Cerundolo have never clashed against each other.
