Rafa Nadal seeks to continue making history on the Wimbledon grass in a tournament in which he is clearly going from less to more.
The quarterfinals are coming Wimbledon for Rafael Nadal and, with them, the moment to make history. Novak Djokovic, great candidate, he has already done his homework and the Spaniard wants to follow in his footsteps towards a possible final between the two. The manacorí’s rival? The American Taylor Fritz.
This duel will be the third that he will face Taylor Fritz Already Rafael Nadal on a tennis court. The previous two were on hard courts, with a victory for the Spaniard in the final of Acapulco 2020 and one for Fritz this same year in Master1000 of Indian Wells.
In addition, this will be the 47th time that Rafa Nadal will play a Grand Slam quarterfinal. And it is that only Roger Federer (58) and Novak Djokovic (53) surpass him in this statistic. A real barbarity. On the contrary, Taylor Fritz has reached this round for the first time in his career after 23 attempts in Grand Slam.
data in favor of Rafael Nadal they don’t stay there. If he wins he will chain 19 victories in Grand Slam, two from his best streak, achieved in 2010. Spanish comes from less to more and as the games have gone by, a Nadal much more aggressive and forceful. He is the clear favorite and his victory is paid to [1.34].
TaylorFritz, For his part, he has shown that on grass he is very dangerous. With a service that is among the best on the circuit, he has been planted in quarters with all of the law and his mission will be to not give rhythm to Rafa, with a much more aggressive game if possible than what he usually practises. your fee, [3.1].
“I was very aggressive in that match. I took my chances. Against someone like Rafa, you have to do it like this. Decision-making is easy”, he assured at a press conference, remembering the final that took place in Indian Wells this year. And it is that the approach seems simple on the part of bothnow it remains to be seen who manages to carry it out more efficiently.