Rafael Nadal vs Botic Van De Zandschulp 7/4/22 Wimbledon Tennis Picks, Predictions, Odds

Botic Van De Zandschulp and Rafael Nadal meet in the fourth round of the 2022 tennis Wimbledon.

Botic Van De Zandschulp is coming off a 4 sets win over Richard Gasquet that took 40 games to decide. In the victory, Van De Zandschulp won 85 percent of his first serve points and 44 percent of his second serve points. Van De Zandschulp won 69 percent of his total service points and converted on 5 of his 15 break points. Van De Zandschulp got 62 percent of his first serves in play and hit 20 aces. Van De Zandschulp has played 11 sets to get here and has won 3 matches now in 2 of his last 3 tournaments. Van De Zandschulp looks to make his second career grand slam quarterfinal. Van De Zandschulp has 3 career wins over top-10 players, with 2 of those wins coming this year. Van De Zandschulp has won 6 of his last 8 matches on grass court.

Rafael Nadal is coming off a straight set win over Lorenzo Sonego that took 25 games to decide. In the victory, Nadal won 78 percent of his first serve points and 64 percent of his second serve points. Nadal won 73 percent of his total service points and converted on 6 of his 8 break points. Nadal got 67 percent of his first serves in play and faced just 1 break point. Nadal has now won 10 straight main tour matches. Nadal looks to make his 16th straight grand slam quarterfinal and his eighth career Wimbledon quarterfinal. Nadal has won 8 of his last 10 matches on grass court.

Nadal won the only match against Van De Zandschulp, which was this year in the French Open. The match was decided in straight sets and 27 games.

Van De Zandschulp has a chance to make this match interesting if he keeps piling up the free points, but that’s about the only chance he has here. Nadal is coming off his best showing of the tournament, and he had his way when they played a little over a month ago, even if that match was on clay.

Give me Nadal in straight sets.