Tennis – Nadal and Federer cruise into Wimbledon second round

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal World's number one and two respectively registered a 3-0 win in Wimbledon first round, each making the perfect start to break some of Bjorn Borg records.

كتب : Karim Farouk

الثلاثاء، 26 يونيو 2007 - 22:55
Roger Federer
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal World's number one and two respectively registered a 3-0 win in Wimbledon first round, each making the perfect start to break some of Bjorn Borg records.

Rafael Nadal powered his to a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory over American Mardy Fish on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Spaniard had a light drop in form in the second set but ended the game brilliantly as usual.

The clay king, who lost last year to Swiss champion Roger Federer is hoping to win the Wimbledon title to become the first man to win at Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same season since Borg in 1980.

Federer also eased past Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili. 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 on Monday. Federer, almost invincible on grass courts, is on course to match Borg's five successive Wimbledon titles this year.