Rafael Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon semi-final with abdominal injury
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal has decided to withdraw from the Wimbledon semi-final against Nick Kyrgios after he failed to recover from an abdominal injury. The 22-time Grand Slam winner announced it on Thursday ending his chances of a calendar slam after winning Australian Open and French Open earlier this year. As a result, Nick Kyrgios will go straight into the final where he will take on either Novak Djokovic or Cameron Norrie. Nadal picked up the injury during his tough quarterfinal clash against Taylor Fritz and although his team wanted him to retire, he went on to clinch the encounter.
Nadal held a press conference on Thursday where he informed the press about his decision.
"Unfortunately, as you can imagine I am here because I have to pull out from the tournament," said the two-time Wimbledon champion according to the AFP.
"As everyone saw yesterday, I have been suffering with a pain in the abdominal and something was not OK there. That is confirmed, I have a tear in the muscle," he added.
Nadal said that it was a tough decision, and it took him the entire day to accept it.
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"It doesn't make sense to go (on), even if I try through my career to keep going. It is very tough circumstances, but it is obvious if I keep going the injury will be worse and worse," he explained.
It was a marathon battle against Fritz as he came out on top with a 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7/6 (10/4) score line in four hours and 21 minutes. Throughout the encounter, he had to receive pain relief medication in order to go on, but he went ahead to finish the match in style.