Result: Rafael Nadal beats Donald Young to reach Wimbledon third round

Rafael Nadal of Spain during his Gentlemen's Singles fourth round match against Nick Kyrgios of Australia on day eight of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 1, 2014
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Two-time champion Rafael Nadal marks his return to Centre Court with a 6-4 6-2 7-5 victory over Donald Young to reach the third round at Wimbledon.

Rafael Nadal has powered into the third round of Wimbledon after beating American Donald Young 6-4 6-2 7-5 in the second round on Wednesday.

After winning easily in Monday's first-round tie against John Millman on Court One, this was the Spaniard's first match back on Centre Court since a shock defeat by Dustin Brown in 2015.

That loss capped a miserable run of four straight defeats to players ranked 100 or lower at the tournament he won in 2008 and 2010, while he missed last year's tournament through injury.

However the fourth seed, fresh from winning his 10th French Open title last month, was roared on by the SW19 crowd as he looked like he was back to his best.

Nadal looked to be easing to victory until he was broken by the aggressive American when serving for the match, but the world number two broke back and served out to love to seal the win.

He will now face Russia's 30th seed Karen Khachanov on Friday.

Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates victory during the Men's Singles first round match against Liam Broady of Great Britain on day two of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 28, 2016 in Londo
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ATP RankingsPoints
1Scotland flag Andy Murray9,390
2Spain Rafael Nadal7,285
3Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka6,175
4Serbia Novak Djokovic6,055
5Switzerland Roger Federer5,265
6Croatia Marin Cilic4,235
7Canada Milos Raonic4,150
8Austria Dominic Thiem3,895
9Japan Kei Nishikori3,830
10France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga3,075
11Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov3,070
12Alexander Zverev3,070
13Belgium David Goffin2,785
14France Gael Monfils2,695
15Czech Republic Tomas Berdych2,570
16Lucas Pouille2,570
17Pablo Carreno Busta2,360
18United States Jack Sock2,335
19Spain Roberto Bautista Agut2,155
20Australia Nick Kyrgios2,110
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