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After shaky start, Nadal wins in straight sets at Wimbledon

Associated Press | Posted on Jun 26, 2012 at 10:49pm IST

Wimbledon: Rafael Nadal lost the first four games of his first-round match at Wimbledon before turning things around against Thomaz Bellucci, beating the Brazilian 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-3.

Just like defending women's champion Petra Kvitova in the match before him, Nadal had a shaky start on Centre Court. He was two points away from going down 5-0 in the first set, but Bellucci netted an overhead backhand at 30-15 and Nadal went on to break for 4-1 to start the comeback.

He won the next three games to make it 4-4 and Bellucci then self-destructed in the tiebreaker, making several unforced errors.

After shaky start, Nadal wins in straight sets

Rafael Nadal lost the first four games of the match before turning things around against Thomaz Bellucci.

The two-time champion was hardly troubled after that and served out the match with an ace.

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