Nadal survives Wimbledon scare as Covid forces Berrettini out

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“Three years without being here on this amazing surface, it is amazing to be back,” said the Spaniard.

Image: Alamy Stock Photo Image: Alamy Stock Photo RAFAEL NADAL OVERCAME a huge scare to reach the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday after title contender Matteo Berrettini was forced to pull out of the tournament with coronavirus.

“It is not a surface that we play very often, especially in my case. In the last three years I didn’t put any foot on the grass.” The 36-year-old second seed has since undergone a course of radiofrequency stimulation, a treatment aimed at reducing nerve pain in his foot and he looked mobile. Berrettini was widely regarded as one of the biggest threats to defending champion Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, having captured back-to-back grass-court titles in Stuttgart and Queen’s.

 

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