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Most tennis players will tell you they aren't looking beyond the first round. Rafael Nadal doesn't even want to think past tomorrow's practice session.
A third Wimbledon title to follow his 2008 and 2010 triumphs would see Nadal reclaim the No.1 ranking, providing Novak Djokovic doesn't get past the quarter-finals.
The Spaniard is fresh from winning an historic seventh French Open title, beating Djokovic for the third time in a row, but he still scoffs at any talk of him winning Wimbledon.
"Thinking about winning another title here in Wimbledon is arrogant and crazy," said the 2008 and 2010 champion.
"That's something I cannot think about, no? I can just think about the practice of tomorrow, to keep preparing my game, to arrive to Tuesday with the right conditions, being competitive to try to win the first match, no?"
It might be for the best that Nadal isn't looking ahead.
He will open his quest for a third Wimbledon title on Tuesday against Thomaz Bellucci, a Brazilian he has beaten in their two previous meetings – both at Roland G
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