Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios both reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon with victories on Centre Court on Monday. The Sporting News was on hand to provide ...

Van de Zandschulp shows his opponent exactly how to hit a forehand winner on the move down the line to get to 30-30. Kyrgios drills an ace on his opening serve and Nakashima fails to return the next right down the middle. Nadal then gets his rewards for chasing down a shot that clips the net and then van de Zandschulp double faults, two break points. Nadal wins the opener with a cushioned volley, and has several chances to push on but van de Zandschulp is stubborn and forces his opponent into the mistakes. Van de Zandschulp hits his second return winner of the game, 15-30, but then hits an easy forehand into the net. A backhand volley gets him the second and van de Zandschulp looks to the floor in disappointment as he fires the next to into the net. Nadal hits a backhand winner across court after van de Zandschulp had come to the net. Nadal looks to his racket as his forehand at the net goes wildly out of bounds and van de Zandschulp has break point. Nadal gets the opener as van de Zandschulp returns into the net. Van de Zandschulp holds and will make Nadal serve for the match. Van de Zandschulp will fancy his chances if he gets to the tie-break, he's rarely missing a forehand. Van de Zandschulp goes big on the forehand but it goes wide.

Rafael Nadal survived a late fightback to move into the quarter-finals at Wimbledon following a straight sets win over Botic van de Zandschulp.

Wimbledon "Until the end when I played a bad game at 5-2 when it had been a very positive match. Wimbledon

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It’s going to be a tough match, but we’re in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon so what can I expect,” Nadal added. A slip added to Nadal’s woes, particularly with it coming when he would have rather been back in the changing room. “He’s playing well.

Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Fitz and Cristian Garin advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals with victories Monday.

The Australian then held two match points at 5-4 in the fifth. The unseeded Chilean trailed 5-3 in the first-to-10 fifth-set tiebreaker before winning six straight points to take a 9-5 lead. Kyrgios also needed five sets to get past Paul Jubb in the first round. That was the end of the Dutchman's resistance, though, as Nadal converted his fourth match point for a 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6) win on Centre Court. The Spaniard is playing his first grass-court tournament since 2019, when he lost to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon semifinals. I was bouncing the ball before I served; I really just smiled to myself,'' said Kyrgios, owner of a tour-high 11 victories on grass this season. Kyrgios overcame an ailing shoulder and a fourth-set slump to beat 20-year-old American Brandon Nakashima 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-2.

French Open champ Rafael Nadal got honest on his three-year layoff at Wimbledon after advancing to the 2022 quarterfinal against Taylor Fritz.

However, the Spaniard has sharpened his play since, defeating each of Lorenzo Sonego and van de Zandschulp in straight sets. The win earned Nadal his eighth career trip to a Wimbledon quarterfinal, where he’ll face off with American Taylor Fritz. After a three-year layoff at the storied tourney, the 2022 French Open champ got honest on what it meant to him personally, per The Tennis Podcast. 4 Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarterfinal at Wimbledon on Monday, defeating Botic van de Zandschulp of The Netherlands in straight sets.

Spaniard eased to a 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6) victory and set up a quarter-final clash with his conquerer at Indian Wells in March, Taylor Fritz.

Taylor Fritz, the 11th seed, is yet to drop a set in this tournament, reaching his first career grand slam quarter-final by defeating Jason Kubler 6-3, 6-1, 6-4. But Nadal and Djokovic are still here, rolling through the draw, determined to write another page in the sport’s history books. None of those improvements served him particularly well in the face of the pressure and intensity from Nadal early on. On Monday, Nadal was extremely efficient against a challenging opponent until nerves struck as he served for the match, but he pulled himself together to seal the win. “I think, till the end, until I played a bad game at 5-3, it has been a very positive match against a difficult opponent. He reached the quarter‑finals with his 18th grand slam match win in a row after a high‑class performance, outplaying Botic van de Zandschulp, the 21st seed, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6).

No. 2 Rafael Nadal clinched a spot in the Wimbledon 2022 quarterfinals after a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) win over No. 21 Botic van de Zandschulp.

#CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/YpQxGtEB0v One @RafaelNadal. #Wimbledon Vamos! 💥 @RafaelNadal snags the first set over van de Zandschulp, 6-4. Fans are also likely looking ahead to a dream final between him and No. 1 Novak Djokovic. He’s held serve well at times in this match, so he can fancy his chances in this set. Rafa rolls into the quarter-finals 💪

The Spaniard secures a straight sets victory over Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(6)#Wimbledon The No. 2 seed was cruising at this point. Zandschulp goes from 40-love down to break Nadal’s serve in the first game of Set 3. #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/zKZ1cOXQeM It took until the 10th game for Nadal to finally gain an advantage, breaking his opponent to win the set 6-4. Beating Nadal on grass usually means hitting him off the court. @RafaelNadal pic.twitter.com/Sq0SovkdoB

Rafael Nadal's quest for a third grand slam title of the year continues to gather steam after the Spaniard stormed into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a ...

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- Wimbledon - Wimbledon Happy with that and now is the moment to continue to take steps forward.” I missed a couple of volleys again going to the net, but that’s how it goes. But I am in the middle of the tournament and I have to keep going. “I am a little bit tired to talk about my body,” Nadal said.

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“I look at it as a big opportunity,” said Kyrgios after he outlasted #NextGenATP American Brandon Nakashima in a five-set thriller in the fourth round on Monday. “Garin is obviously playing great tennis. Then when I walked off the court and I got told it was Garin. It was surprising. The man on the other side of the net on Wednesday certainly knows a thing or two about quality shots. Now it is crazy to go from where I was at mentally after Queen's — feeling injured, I'd just lost three matches in a row. Now is the moment to keep doing the steps forward if I want to keep having chances.” Nadal was solid if not spectacular in four-set wins against Francisco Cerundolo and Ricardas Berankis in his opening two rounds at Wimbledon, where the second seed is playing his first tournament of the year on grass. The American has brought that form with him to the lawns of the All England Club, where he has so far dispatched Lorenzo Musetti, Alastair Gray, Alex Molcan and Kubler without dropping a set. “Last year I [reached the fourth round] here, and I think that was a big experience for me. Today, I felt a different match to last year. I just remained positive, stuck to the process of working really hard, doing the right things. I might think, ‘Should I go for this, should I play it safe?’ Against someone like Rafa, it's easy to always make the aggressive decision and kind of play freer.” The week before Wimbledon he won the tournament [in Eastbourne]. Now [the] quarter-finals [here].”

Rafael Nadal faces Tyler Fritz in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. If Nadal wins men's singles at Wimbledon, he can complete a Grand Slam with another ...

“I felt like I had pretty good knowledge of it, but I didn’t feel like I could talk the language,” he said. I try to keep normal as much as possible, because that was what makes me proudest is to be a mom.” I’m here, yeah, I’m in the semifinal of Wimbledon, it’s crazy, but I’m still a mom. “From the start of the third, I played three really very solid, very high-quality tennis sets,” Djokovic said. “It’s about kind of just replicating the way I’ve been playing and trusting that that will be enough.” I know that,” Djokovic said.