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Rafael Nadal result: The Spaniard defeated talented American Taylor Fritz in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Centre Court and The Sporting News was on hand ...

Fritz gets to 30-0 as Nadal struggles to return the serves. Ruthless from Nadal as he hits a cushioned volley and then a forehand winner down the line to get to 0-30. Fritz gets to 15-30 with a few aggressive forehands Nadal can't return. Nadal then hits a wayward return wide and Fritz holds. Nadal then does brilliantly to stay in the rally with Fritz missing several opportunities and gets to 30-30. Fritz is again devastating with the forehand to pick Nadal off once more. Fritz picks his corners with two big forehands Nadal can only return into the net, 15-30. Nadal then sends one long and Fritz has two set points. Nadal then returns long and Fritz follows with an ace. Fritz holds as Nadal eventually hits the net after a long rally. Fritz sends a forehand long and Nadal breaks at the perfect opportunity! Fritz then decides to come to the net during a short rally and wins the point on the volley.

Nadal moves on to the semifinals where he'll face Nick Kyrgios.

On a date 14 years after his renowned final with Roger Federer here, a date he said he never imagined seeing way back then at age 22, he played his first deciding 10-point super-tiebreaker, designated for fifth sets nowadays. He played it beautifully, snaring a quick 5-0 lead as all his experience kicked in against a player in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. But he found his way through an opponent whose big year has brought him a world ranking of No. 14, if an opponent who was fantastic but not quite airtight enough.

Rafael Nadal, 4e mondial et vainqueur des deux premiers tournois du Grand Chelem de l'année, s'est qualifié mercredi pour les demi-finales de Wimbledon en ...

« Elle pulvérisait la balle en fin de match, et pour être bien franche, je ne savais plus quoi faire, a évoqué Halep. Mais je crois en mes moyens. Je savais que je devais m’accrocher, et me fier sur mon jeu de jambes. La Roumaine convoite un deuxième titre à Wimbledon, après y avoir triomphé en 2019. Halep n’a pas eu à surmonter un défi aussi corsé que « Rafa », après avoir facilement disposé de l’Américaine Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 6-4 en quarts de finale. L’Espagnol retrouvera Nick Kyrgios, tombeur du Chilien Cristian Garin 6-4, 6-3 et 7-6 (5) sur le court no 1. À son retour, il était clairement amoindri, laissant filer la deuxième manche et des balles qu’il pourchasse habituellement.

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.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Wincing from abdominal pain, unable to ply his customary relentless style of tennis,...

Nadal stayed out there, adjusted his service motion and his strategy — and figured out a way to win. Up in the Centre Court stands, Nadal’s father was waving his arms, motioning to the 22-time Grand Slam champion to quit. WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Wincing from abdominal pain, unable to ply his customary relentless style of tennis, Rafael Nadal worried that he might need to stop playing in the Wimbledon quarterfinals against Taylor Fritz.

Rafael Nadal a eu besoin du bris d'égalité à la cinquième manche pour vaincre Taylor Fritz en quarts de finale.

Fritz a pu avoir l'impression de revivre le troisième tour de l'Open d'Australie 2021 où il s'était incliné en cinq sets face à Novak Djokovic qui s'était lui aussi blessé aux abdominaux. « J'ai eu l'impression de jouer sur les talons parce que Garin est un sacrément bon joueur. Néanmoins, en serrant les dents, il a réussi le bris pour s'échapper 3-0. Blessé donc et très amoindri, l'Espagnol a semblé au bord de l'effondrement dans le deuxième set. « Le corps, en général, va bien mais j'ai quelque chose aux abdominaux. Rafael Nadal résiste au bris du 5e set; affrontera Kyrgios en demi-finaleWimbledon mercredi, 6 juil.

Nadal now stands two match wins from his third Wimbledon title and his 23rd major championship. His chief rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are tied at 20 ...

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.

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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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.

Grimaçant de douleur en raison d'une blessure abdominale, incapable de jouer son style de jeu habituel, Rafael Nadal s'est demandé s'il allait devoir ...

« Elle pulvérisait la balle en fin de match, et pour être bien franche, je ne savais plus quoi faire, a évoqué Halep. Mais je crois en mes moyens. Je savais que je devais m’accrocher, et me fier sur mon jeu de jambes. La Roumaine convoite un deuxième titre à Wimbledon, après y avoir triomphé en 2019. Halep n’a pas eu à surmonter un défi aussi corsé que « Rafa », après avoir facilement disposé de l’Américaine Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 6-4 en quarts de finale. L’Espagnol retrouvera Nick Kyrgios, tombeur du Chilien Cristian Garin 6-4, 6-3 et 7-6 (5) sur le court no 1. À son retour, il était clairement amoindri, laissant filer la deuxième manche et des balles qu’il pourchasse habituellement.

Blessé aux abdominaux et en souffrance durant son quart de finale contre Taylor Fritz mercredi à Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal ne sait pas s'il sera en mesure de ...

Mon pied ne me fait pas mal, il ne me limite pas. Mais quand un truc me laisse du répit, un autre coince, je suis fatigué de ça » J'ai gagné parce que j'ai très bien joué du fond, pas grâce au service, évidemment. Ils ne peuvent pas faire grand-chose. Je ne sais pas exactement ce que j'ai. Demain (jeudi), je passerai des examens. Même si la douleur était forte, je me suis battu, je suis fier de mon fighting spirit.

Twenty-two-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal outlasted eleventh seed Taylor Fritz, 3-6 7-5 3-6 7-5 7-6 (10-4) in a five-set thriller on Centre Court at ...

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.

Spain's Rafael Nadal reached his eighth semifinal at the All England Club and is set to face off against Nick Kyrgios on Friday.

His big forehands are terrific, too, but little else is conventional about Kyrgios. One example: "I don't have a coach," Kyrgios said with a smile. "I feel like I let it kind of get to me a little bit." Kyrgios, who is ranked 40th, has garnered more attention for his behavior on and off the court than his skills with a racket in hand. "That would probably be the most-watched match of all time." "Obviously I've been advised by my lawyers that I'm unable to say anything at this time." "Obviously, I didn't go about things great early in my career and may have wasted that little window." After Fritz took the third set, his big serve got broken three times in the next. It's clear something's not right," said Nadal, who will get tests Thursday for an issue that first cropped up nearly a week ago but got much worse at 3-1 in the first set against Fritz. "I'm obviously worried." Nadal stayed out there, adjusted his service motion and his strategy -- and figured out a way to win. "Nothing can be fixed when you have a thing like this." This time, the problem was a muscle in his stomach area, which had some athletic tape. Up in the Centre Court stands, Nadal's father was waving his arms, motioning to the 22-time Grand Slam champion to quit.

Grimaçant de douleur en raison d'une blessure abdominale, incapable de pratiquer son style de jeu habituel, Rafael Nadal s'est demandé s'il allait devoir ...

« Elle pulvérisait la balle en fin de match, et pour être bien franche, je ne savais plus quoi faire, a indiqué Halep. Mais je crois en mes moyens. Je savais que je devais m’accrocher, et me fier à mon jeu de jambes. Halep a raté la possibilité de défendre son titre à deux reprises : d’abord en 2020, comme le tournoi a été annulé à cause de la pandémie de coronavirus, puis de nouveau en 2021, en raison d’une blessure au mollet gauche. Halep n’a pas eu à surmonter un défi aussi corsé que « Rafa », ayant facilement battu l’Américaine Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 6-4 en quarts de finale. Nadal n’a pas voulu discuter de sa blessure, qui l’a forcé à quitter le terrain en compagnie d’un thérapeute du sport alors qu’il était en avance 4-3 en deuxième manche. L’Espagnol retrouvera Nick Kyrgios, tombeur du Chilien Cristian Garín 6-4, 6-3 et 7-6 (5), sur le court no 1.

Rafael Nadal, 4e mondial et vainqueur des deux premiers tournois du Grand Chelem de l'année, s'est qualifié mercredi pour les demi-finales de Wimbledon en ...

Dans la deuxième, Kyrgios a fait le bris pour mener 3-1 et a ensuite géré son avantage jusqu'au bout. « Je n'ai pas de coach parce que je ne voudrais pas mettre ce poids sur les épaules de qui que ce soit. Il devient ainsi le premier Australien à entrer dans le dernier carré à l'All England Club depuis Lleyton Hewitt en 2005. Fritz a pu avoir l'impression de revivre le troisième tour des Internationaux d'Australie 2021 où il s'était incliné en cinq manches face à Novak Djokovic qui s'était lui aussi blessé aux abdominaux. Néanmoins, en serrant les dents, il a réussi le bris pour s'échapper 3-0. Il fait une super saison sur cette surface et il faudra absolument que je sois à 100 % pour avoir mes chances.

Rafael Nadal's team was understandably concerned when the Spaniard had treatment on an abdominal issue in his quarter-final win against Taylor Fritz at ...

I’m proud of the fighting spirit and the way that I managed to be competitive under those conditions.” “I just wanted to give myself a chance. I had these feelings for a couple of days. “For me it was tough to retire in the middle of the match. It is the second time in the space of four months that Nadal was facing Fritz carrying an injury. “They told me I needed to retire from the match,” said Nadal in his post-match press conference after his dramatic 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(10-4) win.

His family was trying to get Nadal to fight another day. But that's not his way.

I rediscovered that I’ve got a lot of people that want me to play, that I play for. The No. 2 was on his back foot for much of the match against a dogged opponent flashing thunderous ball-strike magnitude and a high-power serve versus a weakened Nadal serve because of the abdomen agony. That set featured five breaks of serve, in Nadal’s favour, segueing into an engrossing final set and tiebreak decider where Nadal raced out to a 5-0 lead, with Fritz twice stumbling on returns. “Well, I tried … Was tough to retire in the middle of the match. Nadal couldn’t promise that he’d be fit for his semifinal with Nick Kyrgios on Friday. “I don’t know. “Not easy to leave the tournament.

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 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.

On more than one occasion, Nadal remained hunched over after a shot and was holding his midriff. The two-time Wimbledon champion called the trainer out for an ...

"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.

Cette fois, c'est aux abdominaux que Rafael Nadal a mal, mais il a serré les dents mercredi et s'est qualifié pour les demi-finales de Wimbledon où il ...

«Je n’aurais jamais imaginé être en demi-finales d’un tournoi du Grand Chelem, je pensais avoir laissé passer le train, que j’avais manqué l’ouverture...», a-t-il reconnu. Personne ne connaît aussi bien mon tennis que moi», a-t-il expliqué. «J’espère que je serai prêt à jouer ce match. Il fait une super saison sur gazon et il faudra absolument que je sois à 100 % physiquement pour avoir mes chances», a estimé Nadal qui jouera sa sixième demie londonienne. Kyrgios, lui, accède pour la première fois à 27 ans et après deux quarts perdus (Wimbledon 2014 et Internationaux d’Australie 2015) à ce dernier carré en Grand Chelem. Mais pour le double lauréat (2008 et 2010), les plus gros obstacles sur la route vers un troisième trophée sur le gazon londonien, sont encore devant.

L'Espagnol s'est imposé en 5 sets à l'issue d'un super tie break intense face à l'Américain Taylor Fritz. Il affrontera Nick Kyrgios en demi-finale.

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.

L'Espagnol, 4e mondial et double lauréat (2008 et 2010) du tournoi londonien, a passé des examens jeudi matin après son succès difficile la veille en quart de ...

Fabio Fognini made a very bold claim on social media basically telling people to stop believing what Nadal is saying. It's not so shocking when you break it ...

He held a press conference where he was very dejected only to cruise to a trophy for the rest of the event with no mention of it. It's not so shocking when you break it down because Nadal has been known to throw pity parties for himself many times in his career only to pull off some incredible wins. Fabio Fognini made a very bold claim on social media basically telling people to stop believing what Nadal is saying.

Rafael Nadal is not sure if he'll be healthy enough to face Nick Kyrgios in semifinals of Wimbledon on Friday. Nadal suffered an abdominal injury during ...

"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 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.

Rafael Nadal practiced through his abdominal injury on Thursday ahead of his Wimbledon semifinals match against Nick Kyrgios. According to multiple reports ...

The last time Nadal won Wimbledon was in 2008 and ’10, but he’s on a hot Grand Slam streak right now. However, Nadal reportedly still intends to play in Friday’s semifinal. The Spaniard is coming off of a four-hour, five set match against Taylor Fritz that ended in a tiebreak, going 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(4). The 36-year-old did have to take a medical timeout due to the abdominal issue, but he outlasted the 24-year-old.