{"id":402,"date":"2022-06-30T20:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rafael-nadal-stefanos-tsitsipas-advance-to-third-round-at-wimbledon\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T20:58:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:58:49","slug":"rafael-nadal-stefanos-tsitsipas-advance-to-third-round-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rafael-nadal-stefanos-tsitsipas-advance-to-third-round-at-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas advance to third round at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Rafael Nadal made it through to the third round of Wimbledon for the 11th time after getting past Ricardas Berankis 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The second-seeded Nadal looked far from his best at times, but he won on Center Court in a match that finished under the roof after a rain delay during the fourth set.<\/p>\n<p>It was Nadal&#8217;s 307th Grand Slam match win, taking him past Martina Navratilova in fourth place on the all-time list, behind Roger Federer (369), Serena Williams (365) and Novak Djokovic (330).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, not the best start honestly,&#8221; Nadal said of Thursday&#8217;s victory.  &#8220;I finished playing well. The fourth set has been the level of tennis for me, important improvement. The rest of the things, I have room to improve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nadal is looking for a record-extending 23rd Grand Slam title, and third Wimbledon trophy.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2022\/0630\/r1030824_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In other men&#8217;s matches, former French Open finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas, the fourth seed, set up a showdown with fellow hard-hitter Nick Kyrgios, advancing to the third round with a 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Jordan Thompson of Australia on No.  1 Court.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas broke Thompson in the final game to clinch the win on his third match point when the Australian sent a shot long.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first time since 2018 that he is into the third round at Wimbledon, having lost in the first round last year and 2019. Tsitsipas, who lost last year&#8217;s French Open final to Novak Djokovic, reached the fourth round in 2018 for his career- best result at the All England Club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a challenging one on grass for sure,&#8221; Tsitsipas said about facing Kyrgios. &#8220;He&#8217;s a big opponent for this surface.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios beat 26th-seeded Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 on No.  2 Court, reaching the third round with a performance that made sure his tennis was the only talking point this time by showing off an array of shot-making that included 50 winners, 24 aces and a couple of crowd-pleasing &#8220;tweeners. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios never faced a break point and looked fully focused throughout the match, without getting into any major arguments with the chair umpire or the crowd &#8212; though he did berate one fan for coughing during the second set.<\/p>\n<p>After his first-round win, the volatile Australian spit in the direction of a spectator he said had been hassling him, which resulted Thursday in a $10,000 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Said Kyrgios of the win Thursday: &#8220;I just wanted to remind everyone that I&#8217;m pretty good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Nakashima of the United States matched his best result at a major tournament by ousting 13th-seeded Denis Shapovalov, a semifinalist here last year, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6).<\/p>\n<p>Nakashima, who is ranked 56th in the world and advanced to the same stage at this year&#8217;s French Open, will next face Daniel Elahi Galan.  The Colombian advanced to the third round when Roberto Bautista Agut withdrew from the tournament after testing positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s Liam Broady upset No.  12 Diego Schwartzman, while Taylor Fritz (11), Botic Van De Zandschulp (21), Lorenzo Sonego (27) and Jenson Brooksby (29) were among the seeded men&#8217;s players to advance.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal made it through to the third round of Wimbledon for the 11th time after getting past Ricardas Berankis 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday. The second-seeded Nadal looked far from his best at times, but he won on Center Court in a match that finished under the roof after a rain delay during &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rafael-nadal-stefanos-tsitsipas-advance-to-third-round-at-wimbledon\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas advance to third round at Wimbledon<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[546,46,545,543,544,19],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4441,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rafael-nadal-nick-kyrgios-advance-into-wimbledon-mens-quarterfinals\/","url_meta":{"origin":402,"position":0},"title":"Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios advance into Wimbledon men&#8217;s quarterfinals","date":"July 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Everything went smoothly for Rafael Nadal against Botic Van De Zandschulp on Monday until it came time to close out their fourth-round match at Wimbledon.Serving for the win at 5-3 in the third set, Nadal was broken for the second time in the match and he then failed to convert\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2574,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rafael-nadal-in-angry-wimbledon-exchange-over-disrespect-and-etiquette-tennis-sport\/","url_meta":{"origin":402,"position":1},"title":"Rafael Nadal in &#8216;angry&#8217; Wimbledon exchange over &#8216;disrespect and etiquette&#8217; |  Tennis |  sport","date":"July 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Rafael Nadal called Lorenzo Sonego, his third-round Wimbledon opponent, up to the net on Saturday as he seemed to take issue with calls from the Italian to turn on the lights and close the roof. 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