Nadal overcomes first-round jitters


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 25 Jun 2014

LONDON (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal was made to suffer in a nervous return to the Wimbledon lawns on Tuesday, harried and rattled through a 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory over Slovakia's Martin Klizan - his 700th tour win.

The world No.1, seeded two at Wimbledon, had lost his past three games on grass, going out in the first and second rounds at the All England Club in the past two years, as well as losing in the first round at Halle two weeks ago.

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