Roger Federer looked nervous at the beginning against Harris - Wilander
On Eurosport, the former world No. 1 Mats Wilander commented on Roger Federer's four-set win over Lloyd Harris in the Wimbledon first round. The Swede said: "He looked a little nervous at the beginning with Harris having a big game, a big serve. But then, of course, Roger worked it out and got into it more in the second set, things started rolling and he looked good in the end. I was a little surprised he didn’t come to the net more, but his opponent has a huge forehand from the back and hits the ball really hard. It looks like the courts are playing slower than ever and some of those sliced backhands that Federer hits are hard to get up to. Federer worked that out and I really think these slower courts might favour Federer with that sliced backhand."
On Rafael Nadal defeating Yuichi Sugita in straight sets, Tim Henman said: "He comes in to this off the back of his 12th French Open title and he hasn't played a grass tournament so it'll be interesting to see how he gets on today because he has struggled a little bit in round one at Wimbledon the past few years."
Nadal himself said: “I won the French. I won Roland Garros. Now let’s see. Of course, it’s better to be here with that victory and confidence. But it’s a different story to adjusting. I need to compete and spend time on court. Of course, I can get that in practice, but you need to win matches. That’s it.”
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