Nadal into Wimbledon third round | Swiatek overcomes 'tricky' test

Rafael Nadal is through to the third round of the Wimbledon Championships after facing another test on Thursday while Iga Swiatek was also made to work hard for her victory.

Nadal made it successive four-set victories, after being pushed by Francisco Cerundolo in his first-round match on Tuesday.

The 36-year-old will now take on Lorenzo Sonego in the third round as he looks to make his way through the draw and continue his quest for a 23rd Grand Slam title.

The result was Nadal's 307th Grand Slam match win, putting him one ahead of Martina Navratilova and fourth on the all-time list. However, with more unforced errors than winners during the contest, his post-match assessment was frank.

"It's important for me to accept that things are not yet perfect, be humble and accept the challenge," he said.

"Every day is a challenge, all the opponents are difficult - we are playing the best players in the world.

"I didn't play much on grass in the last three years so every day is an opportunity to improve. I'm through and I'm very happy with that.

"I need to improve. But the fourth set was much better, a good level of tennis and the serve worked better."

Elsewhere in the men's draw, Nick Kyrgios needed less than 90 minutes to beat the 26th seed and Queen's Club finalist Filip Krajinovic 6-2 6-3 6-1 on No 2 Court.

The Australian lost just nine points on serve and said that he'd played with a point to prove, for a number of reasons.

"I guess just from a personal performance standpoint, my performance in my first round was just not where I wanted to be," he noted.

"Especially with the way I've been playing and the way I've been training, the hard work I've been doing. I was pretty disappointed in my performance in the first round.

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