London July 3 (IANS) World No 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain on Tuesday kicked off his Wimbledon campaign with a dominating victory against Israel s Dudi Sela 6-3 6-3 6-2 to reach the Grand Slam tournament s second round.
The two-time Wimbledon champion took an hour and 50 minutes to eliminate Sela world No. 127 moving a step closer to claiming his 18th Grand Slam title reported Efe.
Nadal broke Sela s serve six times and struck 31 winners compared to his Israeli opponent s 18.
Nadal was starting at Wimbledon without having played a competitive grass-court match this season after pulling out of the Queen s Cup tournament to regroup after an outstanding string of clay-court victories including his 11th Monte-Carlo Masters Barcelona Open and French Open titles.
In the next round the 32-year-old Spaniard will play the winner of the match between Canada s Vasek Pospisil and Russia s Mikhail Kukushkin.

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