Nadal beaten at Hurlingham, Djokovic pulls out

Rafael Nadal continued his Wimbledon preparation at the Giorgio Armani Tennis

Classic at the Hurlingham Club as he was beaten by Felix Auger-Aliassime.

The pair could meet at the quarter-final stage at SW19 and the Canadian struck a potential psychological blow with a 7-6 (6) 4-6 1-0 (10-3) win in London.

Nadal, 36, chose to play two exhibition matches at the Hurlingham Club and beat Stan Wawrinka on Wednesday in his first match on grass for three years.

The first set did not yield a single break point and Auger-Aliassime edged ahead on a tie-break.

Nadal responded well and earned the first break of the match in the fifth game of the second set to open a 3-2 lead.

He held serve to force a decider, but Auger-Aliassime won seven successive points from 1-1 to romp home in the match tie-break.

Video: Nadal and Djokovic make grass court return in Hurlingham (Evening Standard)

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