Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal prevailed over the American Taylor Fritz in a fluctuating five-set quarter-final at Wimbledon to set up a semi-final against Nick Kyrgios.

Having squandered a break point that would have set him up, Nadal served to stay in the championships after nearly three hours of fretful struggle at 4-5, sealing it with his fourth ace of the match. But he threw it in the bin on his own serve, Fritz held and Nadal matched him, landing them up in the 10-point tie-break after 4hr 8min. Nadal broke early in the fourth set and held to lead 4-2, but overcooked a forehand to hand back the advantage at 4-4. Those ambitions took a hit in the eighth game, when a double fault put him 3-5 down, and Fritz punished him with two more aces to take the set. He is a win against Nick Kyrgios away from the final – possibly for a 60th time against Novak Djokovic – and the chance to win his third grand slam title on the spin. Taylor Fritz, 6ft 5in of towering American self-belief, did his best to bury a wounded legend here on Wednesday, but the 36-year-old Rafael Nadal would not stay down – against the advice of his worried father – and prevailed over five fluctuating sets to reach his eighth Wimbledon semi-final.

An injured Rafael Nadal somehow managed to continue his quest to secure a historic Calendar Slam in 2022 after he roared back to beat Taylor Fritz.

It was due reward for a set in which Fritz played superbly well, especially given he was dealing with an injured opponent - never easy - and the pressure of a possible first Grand Slam semi-final. Nadal came steaming out of the blocks to take a 5-0 lead, but once again Fritz recovered to 6-3. "I honestly enjoy a lot playing these kind of matches, in front of you guys, I can’t thank you enough. Nadal said: “The body in general is fine. You'd never have said that in the remainder of the set Nadal would win just one more game, but that was what happened as Fritz wrestled his way back into the contest, breaking back in the sixth game, and then again in the eighth to romp away with it, 6-3. He managed to return to the court after leaving to receive treatment in the locker room, but he was not able to move freely and it appeared to be only a matter of time until the inevitable handshake at the net.

Nadal struggled with an apparent abdominal injury in his quarterfinal match against Fritz, a rising American star who pushed Nadal to five sets.

He has been wearing a patch on his lower abdomen during the tournament that appeared to be an anti-inflammatory patch. Nadal played with what turned out to be a stress fracture in one of his ribs, which limited his ability to serve and strike his groundstrokes at full force. But as the match extended past four hours, he regained control and finished off the victory with a classic forehand winner from inside the baseline, complete with his bolo-whip finish behind his left ear. “I hope to be ready to play it; that’s the first thing,” Nadal said in his on-court interview. “For a lot of moments, I was thinking maybe I will not be able to finish the match,” he said, speaking to the Centre Court crowd. But for all his power and hustle, he could not hold his two-set-to-one lead and quickly lost command of the decisive tiebreaker, falling behind, 0-5, as Nadal summoned the shotmaking that has made him a 22-time Grand Slam singles champion.

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Up 4-3, he left the court to see the trainer and presumably get painkillers of some sort. He closed it out on his serve with a forehand winner and then met Fritz at the net. In the second set, Nadal showed signs of dealing with a lower abdominal injury. “First thing, I hope to be ready to play it, that’s the first thing,” Nadal said. Yeah, for a lot of moments I was thinking maybe I will not be able to finish the match but the court, the energy is something else. Nadal has won 19 straight major matches this year after winning the Australian and French Opens in the same calendar year for the first time in his career.

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In the other men's quarterfinal match on Wednesday, Australian Nick Kyrgios defeated Chile's Cristian Garin in straight sets, 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to reach a semifinal at a grand slam for the first time in his career. For a lot of moments, I was thinking maybe I will not be able to finish the match but, the court the energy (is) something else, so yeah," Nadal said in the on-court interview. As he famously has done time and time again, the Spaniard grinded out another game to draw level at 5-5 each and eventually forced a tiebreak for the match.

Rafael Nadal is one step closer to achieving the calendar Grand Slam as he reaches his eighth Wimbledon semifinal after beating American Taylor Fritz 3–6, ...

Nadal continued to dominate in the fourth set as he took a 3–1 lead. The fifth and final set was once again a back-and-forth, although both players broke each other once. The Spaniard came out powerful in the second set winning the first three games.

Rafael Nadal is banged up as he prepares to play his Wimbledon semifinal against Nick Kyrgios.

"It's difficult," Nadal said of playing through the injury. He wasn't even sure whether he would play in Wimbledon after a foot injury impacted him during his French Open win. However, the Spaniard doesn't know whether he will be able to continue with the tournament.

After a grueling five-set match, Rafael Nadal acknowledged that he does not know if he will be able to play in the Wimbledon semifinals.

With age and injury working against Nadal, it’s likely Djokovic might be able to surpass him if he takes the crown at the All English Club Sunday. But if Nadal can muster the strength to beat both Kyrgios and likely Djokovic, he will create some space between the two. Novak Djokovic, the world’s number one player, is on the other half of the semifinal. Much has been made about the chronic foot issue that he has been dealing with for a long time.

"No haría un show de esto". El español es pura incógnita de cara al choque con Nick Kyrgios.

Pese a los problemas físicos en el saque, Nadal afirmó que no tiene ninguna molestia cuando pelotea y que durante los primeros juegos, cuando no tenía el dolor, estaba jugando a su mejor nivel en el torneo. La realidad es que estamos en semifinales de un Grand Slam con un problema. He sabido adaptarme a las circunstancias que me ha presentado mi cuerpo". Sé el dolor que he pasado y hacia el final del partido estaba un pelín mejor porque he encontrado una manera de sacar que me molestaba menos. He jugado a mi mejor nivel desde hace mucho tiempo y a partir del 3-1 he notado algo que iba mal. No sé lo que tengo exactamente, es evidente que algo no está bien, pero tengo que seguir haciendo pruebas para determinar hasta qué punto", explicó Nadal.

El veintidós veces campeón de Grand Slam, Rafael Nadal, superó a Taylor Fritzen 5 sets y enfentará a Nick Kyrgios el viernes.

En el otro partido de cuartos de final masculino del miércoles, el australiano Nick Kyrgios derrotó al chileno Cristian Garín en dos sets, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) para llegar a una semifinal en un Grand Slam por primera vez en su carrera. En el quinto, ambos jugadores se encontraron empatados 4-4, antes de que Fritz, de 24 años, encontrara nuevamente su camino hacia una ventaja de 5-4 y Nadal sirviera para extender el partido. Con Fritz ganando 4-3 en el segundo set, llamaron a un entrenador a la cancha para evaluar al dos veces campeón de Wimbledon. Eventualmente usó un tiempo de espera médico y abandonó la cancha para recibir tratamiento.

Rafael Nadal, campeón del Abierto de Australia y Roland Garros, le ganó a Taylor Fritz y se metió en semifinales de Wimbledon.

Tuve que buscar la forma de sacar diferente y por momentos pensé que no iba a poder terminar. Después de un quiebre por lado, todo se definió en el súper tie-break a 10 puntos. El español, pese a que se lo vio mermado físicamente por una molestia abdominal, le ganó a los dolores y también al estadounidense Taylor Fritz para meterse de nuevo en semifinales de Wimbledon, torneo que ya ganó en dos oportunidades. "Disfruto mucho jugando este tipo de partidos, no puedo agradecerles más por el apoyo. En el primer set, Nadal comenzó mejor y se adelantó de entrada. Sacó provecho de las dos oportunidades de break con las que contó para un nuevo 6-3.

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"I am used to holding pain and play with problems. Nadal played through the pain barrier to win his 14th French Open title earlier this year, receiving injections in his foot before each match. I wanted to finish.

Rafael Nadal sigue apelando a la épica para seguirse consagrando como el mejor tenista de todos los tiempos al vencer en cinco sets a Taylor Fritz.

Cuando parecía que el helvético tenía el triunfo, Nadal no decayó y destronó al campeón que llevaba cinco títulos de manera consecutiva en tierras británicas. Considerado como uno de los mejores partidos en la historia del Masters de Madrid, Rafael Nadal y Novak Djokovic chocaron en semifinales del 2009. Con la ventaja de 5-3 y el saque a su favor, el alemán no pudo ante un Nadal que se creció para llevarse el triunfo.

Second seed Rafael Nadal suffered a 7mm abdominal tear in his quarter-final win at Wimbledon ahead of his clash with Nick Kyrgios, reports have revealed.

Only Rafa Nadal, I think, can stay on the court and manage this type of situation because he is used to suffering so many of these types of injuries throughout his career." I am assuming he is not going to hit any tennis balls tomorrow and he’s going to take it very easy and recover. You could see Rafa was struggling with his abdominals, he probably played better when he was returning because he was using his hands more and hitting the ball a little harder. He added: "This is unreal, this is epic. He battled on valiantly and managed to overcome the American in a final-set thriller. Hopefully, Rafa can recover because we all want everybody to be healthy and then we will see what is going on.

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En una rueda de prensa posterior al partido en Roland Garros, Nadal dijo que sus 21 años de carrera le habían hecho soportar el dolor “todos los días”. En más de una ocasión, Nadal se quedaba encorvado tras realizar un tiro y se agarraba el abdomen. Sabiendo eso, cuando siento algo como lo que sentí, es porque algo no va por el camino adecuado en mi abdomen”.

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La realidad es que nos encontramos en semifinales de un Grand Slam con un problema”, concluyó Nadal. “No sé si podré jugar, la verdad es que no puedo dar una respuesta clara a eso. Parece que la permanencia de Rafael Nadal en las semifinales de Wimbledon podría llegar a su fin.

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"I am used to holding pain and play with problems. Without a doubt, today was the worst day, has been an important increase of pain and limitation." I wanted to finish.

Rafael Nadal reportedly suffered a quarter-inch abdominal tear in his quarterfinal win over Taylor Fritz.

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Rafael Nadal practiced for around 45 minutes at Wimbledon on Thursday as he tries to shake off an abdominal injury in time to be fit for Friday's semifinal ...

Let's see what's going on tomorrow." "But let's see. Nadal is on the official order of play on Friday and has a little extra time to recover as he is scheduled in the second semifinal.

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No. 9 Cameron Norrie in the final. During the on-court interview following his win over Fritz, Nadal was noncommittal about the semifinals: "I don't know. I don't know exactly what I have.

Rafael Nadal is banged up as he prepares to play his Wimbledon semifinal against Nick Kyrgios.

"It's difficult," Nadal said of playing through the injury. He wasn't even sure whether he would play in Wimbledon after a foot injury impacted him during his French Open win. However, the Spaniard doesn't know whether he will be able to continue with the tournament.

Rafael Nadal tuvo complicaciones en el abdomen en su victoria en cuartos de final de Wimbledon, por lo que no sabe si podrá jugar semifinales.

Nadal jugó con la barrera del dolor para ganar su título 14 del Abierto de Francia este año, recibiendo inyecciones en el pie antes de cada partido. En más de una ocasión, Nadal se quedaba encorvado tras realizar un tiro y se agarraba el abdomen. Sabiendo eso, cuando siento algo como lo que sentí, es porque algo no va por el camino adecuado en mi abdomen".

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For example, I remember in the U.S. Open 2009 that I started the U.S. Open with a strain, I think, here in the abdominal. He had left the court at one point Wednesday to receive anti-inflammatories and analgesics, he said. WIMBLEDON, England — Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon with his abdominal injury Thursday evening, on the eve of a widely anticipated semifinal against Nick Kyrgios. He announced the decision at an unexpected news conference in the Wimbledon evening.

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This is one of those situations where the pain of a loss is far greater than the triumph of a win, especially because a win just means having to face Djokovic in the final. And the vexing thing about Kyrgios is that while he's thus far blown most of his talent, he still has this uncanny ability to rise to the occasion when he's playing the best players in the world. In terms of character, he's the best tennis—and maybe all of sports—has to offer, and he's about to face one of the worst. Kyrgios can't put in the kind of work to focus for the long grind, but you get him in a match with an all-time great, and it sparks his interest and brings out the best in him. In other words, despite the inconsistency wrought by an all-time nightmare attitude, he's not a choker. He beat Rafa at Wimbledon in 2014, he's somehow 2-0 against Novak Djokovic, and while Federer has mostly owned him, the two have played some absolute classics. But Rafa? Rafa with a possible shot at the calendar slam, in a Wimbledon semifinal? His demeanor is surly, most of his talent has been wasted, and perhaps worst of all, he's facing a domestic violence charge back in Australia. (Details are scant on this and I don't want to convict someone in the court of public opinion without knowing the details, but it is a real thing that's happening.) I don't particularly like Tsitsipas, so there was a kind of schadenfreude in watching Kyrgios burrow into his head and beat him. Five of you.” were his choice remarks on Wednesday to a group that included two family members and his girlfriend), while shaking his head as if the world has never given him anything but total injustice. Earlier in Wimbledon, he enraged Stefanos Tsitsipas to the point that the Greek player tried to hit him on multiple occasions and then called him a bully in a post-match presser. Where to even begin with Kyrgios? First, the positives: He's a phenomenally talented tennis player whose gigantic serve makes him particularly suited to Wimbledon. Sometimes—sometimes—he doesn't seem like a terrible person.

Rafael Nadal is suffering from a “seven millimeter tear in one of his abdominal muscles” but wants to play in Friday's Wimbledon semifinal against Nick ...

ESPN’s Mary Joe Fernandez said before the announcement: “He’s not going to step on the court unless he thinks he can win. He’s not going to step on the court just to see how he is. “Obviously, it would be pretty special to play Rafa here,” Kyrgios said. Nadal practiced for 40 minutes Thursday alongside coach Marc Lopez and worked on what Marca called his “odd service” motion to prepare for the semifinals. “I have a tear in the muscle in the abdominal. It’s not only that I can’t serve at the right speed, it’s that I can’t do the normal movement to serve.

Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon with an abdominal injury the night before his scheduled semifinal with Nick Kyrgios, sending Kyrgios into the final.

After the French Open final on June 5, he had a radio frequency injection on a foot nerve in an attempt to alleviate the problem and prolong his career. “I am in the semifinals, so I’m playing very well the last couple of days. I did all the things the best way possible to give myself a chance here. He won the French Open with no feeling in the foot after receiving two pain-killing injections before each of his seven matches in Paris. After Wednesday’s match, Nadal said he would get medical tests on Thursday before determining whether he would play in Friday’s semifinals. Without a doubt, today was the worst day.

Rafael Nadal has pulled out of Friday's Wimbledon semifinal against Nick Kyrgios with a torn abdominal muscle.

"[It] was the right decision because I finished the match," he said. Even if, as I say yesterday, the chance of retirement stays in my mind for a long time after the first five, six games, I find a way to finish the match. "I won the match. He was playing in the tournament for the first time since 2019. [It's] not only that I can't serve at the right speed, it's that I can't do the normal movement to serve. "I made my decision because I believe that I can't win two matches under these circumstances," Nadal said.

Wimbledon, Inglaterra (AP) — Rafael Nadal se retiró de Wimbledon un día antes de lo previsto para jugar las semifinales debido a un desgarro en un músculo.

Kyrgios will now head straight to the final to face the winner of the match between Novak Djokovic and Cameron Norrie. "I have to pull out from the tournament," ...

In a post-match news conference at Roland Garros, Nadal said his 21-year career had left him enduring pain "I have to pull out from the tournament," Nadal said during a Thursday news conference. after a shot and was holding his midriff.