- Two-times champion beats Italian 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
- Nadal faces Botic van de Zandschulp in last 16
Like an old hunting dog on the prowl, Rafael Nadal sniffs a bigger prize than merely moving quietly through the first week at Wimbledon.
Of all the veterans left in the game – and there are more than at any time in the Open era – the Spaniard with the thinning pate and a left foot that needed minor surgery after he won his 14th French Open has plenty of unfinished business.