Federer continues to hit bigger and better milestones in the later stages of his career
Rafael Nadal
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If Federer is cracking records of all sorts, can his greatest competitor and friend Rafael Nadal be far behind? The Spaniard, who came to Wimbledon fresh from accomplishing ‘La Decima’ on the terre battue of Roland Garros, played a day earlier than Federer and displayed his usual swagger in a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 rout of John Millman.
It was the 44th win of the season for the World No. 2 and a staggering 850th of his glorious career that made him just the seventh player to surpass that magic number after Connors, Federer, Ivan Lendl, Guillermo Vilas, John McEnroe and Andre Agassi.
This was Nadal’s first win on the slick surface since a shock second round defeat to Dustin Brown at The Championships two years ago. If he can continue the impeccable form that was on show on Monday, five more wins at Wimbledon will take him back to the pinnacle of the world rankings again.
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Sudeshna Banerjee
Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.
Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.
Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.
When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.
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