Rafael Nadal is in phenomenal form this year. The 36-year-old has already clinched the first two Grand Slam titles of the year. He started the year with a brilliant comeback victory against Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final. Also, the Spaniard showed exemplary grit to win his 14th Roland Garros title.

Coming back from a foot treatment, the 22-time Grand Slam champion will kick start his campaign in the Wimbledon Championship today. The grass-court Grand Slam has not seen the best of Nadal for quite some time, as the last time he won a Wimbledon title was 10 years ago. However, the former Wimbledon champion, Marion Bartoli, considers the Spaniard as a strong contender for the title this year.

Marion Bartoli doesn’t count Rafael Nadal out

Former French tennis star and a widely known analyst Marion Bartoli believes the Spaniard could win his third Wimbledon title. Given his form, the former Wimbledon champion says no one should write off Rafael Nadal. Recalling how he surprised everyone with his performance in the Australian Open and French Open, she said.

“At the Australian Open, when he was coming back from injury, none of us gave Nadal a chance there. At Roland-Garros, with everything that happened at Rome, none of us gave him a chance there. I do not want to write him off because he is definitely going to surprise us.”

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Further, the former Wimbledon champion added,

“You can never, absolutely never, write him off.”

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Although Novak Djokovic goes in as the overwhelming favorite to win the title, he too has not looked in his best form this year. On the other hand, Nadal has clinched the first two Grand Slams and will eye a calendar Grand Slam now.

Nadal to start his Wimbledon campaign today

The number two seed will kick start his Wimbledon Championship campaign today. He will play the first-round match against Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina. The 23-year-old is currently at his all-time high rank of number 42 after his semi-final run in Miami Open, earlier this year.

Playing in the main round of Wimbledon for the first time in his career, the 23-year-old will be excited to face arguably the GOAT of tennis.

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While Nadal, who just went through a foot treatment after Roland Garros, will look to gain a swift start to his campaign at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club