Rafael Nadal beats Tomas Berdych to take second Wimbledon title
Reporting from Wimbledon, England — Rafael Nadal leapt into a winning backhand during a point in the second set and hit the tennis ball with such force that dust swirled when the ball landed.
On a Centre Court more brown than green after two weeks without rain, and with 15,000 fans cheering early and late for Nadal, the 24-year-old Spaniard won his second Wimbledon title and eighth career major championship Sunday by beating 12th-seeded Tomas Berdych, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in a 2-hour, 13-minute men’s final.
Nadal, 24, had just enough of those powerful winning, dirt-eating groundstrokes to keep Berdych at bay.
