Rafael Nadal is determined to cap his return to the top of the world by regaining the Wimbledon title he was forced to surrender without a fight.
Nadal is back at Wimbledon for the first time since his epic win over Roger Federer in the 2008 final after missing last year’s tournament due to tendinitis in both knees.
But Nadal will walk into Wimbledon on Monday as the world number one and the most likely threat to defending champion Federer after a magnificent clay-court campaign.
He reeled off 24 successive victories and claimed titles at Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid and the French Open before finally losing to Feliciano Lopez at Queen’s. In contrast, Federer arrives at Wimbledon with uncertainty surrounding his form after an unusually poor run of recent results.
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Sania leads large Indian contingent
London, June 20: Sania Mirza will be the flag-bearer in singles but India has a lot at stake in the men’s doubles event as well with five players from the country competing in the main draw of the Wimbledon.
In doubles, Somdev Devvarman, Rohan Bopanna and Harsh Mankad, in his first Grand Slam, are in the doubles main draw.
Somdev partners Conrad Huey, Bopanna is with Aisam Qureshi while Mankad is partnering Serbia’s Ilija Bozoljac.
Besides the trio, big wigs Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are eyeing their 12th Slam title.
— PTI