Nadal and Djokovic, potential Wimbledon final: the path of the Spaniard and the Serbian in the tournament

Rafael Nadal, winner at Roland Garros, will debut at Wimbledon against the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo, while the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who will debut against the South Korean Soonwoo Kwon, could meet in the quarterfinals against the young Carlos Alcaraz, who already defeated him in May the Madrid Open.

Nadal, who won the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, will play for the first time against the South American athlete, number 42 in the world, while Alcaraz will face the German Jan-Lennard Struff, with whom he lost his only match at Roland Garros 2021.

Nadal has had bad luck in the draw and could face Marin Cilic in the round of 16, in the quarterfinals with the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, who took him to five sets in the past Roland Garros and with whom he lost this Friday in Hurlingham, and in the semifinals Matteo Berrettini, winner this season in Stuttgart and Queen’s, or Stefanos Tsitsipas.

For his part, Alcaraz has Oscar Otte in the third round, Jannik Sinner in the second round, Novak Djokovic in the quarters, Casper Ruud or Hubert Hurkacz in the semifinals.

While ‘Nole’, who will debut against Soonwoo Kwon, can face Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second round, Miomir Kecmanovic in the third, Reilly Opelka in the round of 16, Spain’s Alcaraz in the quarterfinals, Casper Ruud in the semifinals and in a potential to ‘Rafa’ Nadal.

Meanwhile, the Argentine Diego Schwartzman will start the tournament against the Croatian Borna Coric, the Chilean Cristian Garin, against Berrettini, the Argentine Federico Coria, against the Argentine Sebastián Báez, against Taro Daniel, the Colombian Daniel Galán, against Dominik Koepfer, the Chilean Tabilo, against Laszlo Djere.

While the always complicated, Andy Murray and Nick Kyrgios were paired against James Duckworth and Paul Jubb, respectively.

Wimbledon, whose last winner was Novak Djokovic (the Serb’s sixth trophy), will start on Monday, June 27 and end on Sunday, July 10.