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Rafael Nadal
will debut at
Wimbledon
against Argentine
Francisco Cerúndolo
, while
Carlos Alcaraz
will start the tournament against server
Jan-Lennard Struff
The Spaniard will play for the first time against the Argentine,
number 42 in the world
, while Alcaraz will face Struff, with whom he lost his only match at
Roland Garros 2021.
Nadal has had bad luck in the draw
and could face
Marin Cilic
in the round of 16, Canadian
Felix Auger-Aliassime
in the quarterfinals , who took him to five sets at the last Roland Garros, and
Matteo Berrettini
in the semifinals , winner this season at Stuttgart and Queen's, or
Stefanos Tsitsipas
.
For his part, Alcaraz has
Oscar Otte
in the third round,
Jannik Sinner
in the round of 16,
Novak Djokovic
, who will debut against
Soonwoo Kwon
, in the quarters, and
Casper Ruud or Hubert Hurkacz
in the semifinals.
Therefore, Alcaraz and Nadal avoid each other until a possible (and difficult) final.
As for the rest of the Spaniards,
Pablo Carreño
will start against Serbian Dusan Lajovic,
Jaume Munar
, against Thiago Monteiro,
Albert Ramos
, against Casper Ruud,
Carlos Taberner
against Reilly Opelka,
Fernando Verdasco
against Tommy Paul, and
Roberto Bautista
against Attila Balazs.
In addition,
Pablo Andújar
will play against Cameron Norrie,
Bernabé Zapata
against Jack Sock,
Pedro Martínez
against Alex Molcan,
Feliciano López
against Botic Van De Zandschulp and
Roberto Carballés
against Jordan Thompson.
One of the most unlucky was
Alejandro Davidovich
, who was injured in Eastbourne in a finger and will have to debut against the Polish Hurkacz, winner in Halle last week and semi-finalist here in 2021.
Badosa, road with challenges
In the women's draw, the Spanish
Paula Badosa
, fourth seed, will debut at
Wimbledon
against the American
Louise Chirico
, while
Garbiñe Muguruza
, champion in 2017, will do the same against the Belgian
Greet Minnen
.
The draw paired Badosa with the world number 227 and Muguruza with the number 89 of the WTA classification, whom she has never faced.
Badosa has fallen on the side of the American
Cori Gauff
, who could be her rival in the
round of 16
, the Czech
Karolina Pliskova
, who could be measured in the quarterfinals, and the Polish
Iga Swiatek
, number one in the world and with the that would cross in a hypothetical
semifinals
.
In the path of Muguruza appears the American
Jessica Pegula
in the round of 16,
Swiatek
in the quarterfinals and
Badosa or Pliskova
in the semifinals.
Both tennis players have avoided
Anett Kontaveit
, second seed until the final and who will play her first match against the American
Bernarda Pera
, in addition to
Emma Raducanu, Ons Jabeur, Maria Sakkari
and
Danielle Collins
, who are in the lower part of the table .
As for the rest of the Spanish,
Sara Sorribes
will start the tournament against the American
Christina Mchale
, number 242 in the world and could face in the second round against the 'coconut' of the draw,
Serena Williams
, who will compete again a year later and will do so against the French
Harmony Tan
, 113 of the classification.
The American hasn't played singles since the first round at Wimbledon last year, when she injured her foot.
This week she has played two doubles matches at Eastbourne, together with Jabeur, but the couple withdrew after the second victory due to physical discomfort for the Tunisian.
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