Marin Cilic beat Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-3 in a warm-up match before Wimbledon at the Aspall Tennis Classic held at the Hurlingham Club in west London. After the match, Nadal joked about his defeat, saying that at "33 already, I need to save a bit of energy. And that is how it works today, you know, I just try to improve a little bit every single day, in every practice." Despite being number two in the ATP ranking, the Spaniard has been seeded as number three at Wimbledon behind defending champion Novak Djokovic and eight-time winner Roger Federer.