Wary of past pain, Nadal eyes third Wimbledon title


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 27 Jun 2019

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 14, 2018 Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates during his semi final match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic REUTERS/Andrew Boyers

LONDON (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal received a degree of sympathy this week when he questioned a Wimbledon seedings formula that relegated him down to third in this year's draw despite a world ranking of two.

After all, he has been champion there twice, is bang in form after a record-stretching 12th French Open, is injury free and last year was a whisker away from reaching the final.

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