
MOSCOW, June 30 Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal reached the third round of the Wimbledon tournament .In the second round meeting, Nadal, who received the second seed, defeated the representative of Lithuania Richardas Berankis with a score of 6:4, 6:4, 4:6, 6:3. In the fourth set, the meeting was suspended due to rain. The duration of the match was 3 hours and 2 minutes. In the next round, Nadal will play with Italian Lorenzo Sonego (27th seed). , 0:6, 7:6 (8:6), 6:1; Brandon Nakashima (USA) — Denis Shapovalov (Canada, 13) — 6:2, 4:6, 6:1, 7:6 (8: 6); Jenson Brooksby (USA, 29) — Benjamin Bonzi (France) — 7:6 (7:3), 7:5, 6:3. Wimbledon, held on grass courts, will end on July 10. In April, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) refused to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to the tournament because of the situation in Ukraine. In response, in May, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) decided not to award ranking points to competitors.

