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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 overcame an injury to beat Taylor Fritz and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for an eighth time, keeping alive his dream of a calendar Grand ...

Margaret Court is the leader on 24 titles. I can't thank you enough for the support." The set went to a tie-break and Nadal seized control, racing into a 9-3 lead and completing the win on his second match point.

Nadal left the court for treatment in the second set, but dug deep to beat Fritz after more than four hours. Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis ...

Somehow, Nadal did it again, recovering from 2-1 down to force a decider, and fittingly it was a super tie-break that would decide the match. He had been able to put any injury doubts to one side in the opening four rounds, but they resurfaced on Centre Court against Fritz. I know when I feel something, but it’s nothing new, I’ve had those feelings for a couple days but today was the worst day.”

Rafael Nadal somehow hauled his injured, ageing body through one more famous Centre Court battle to set up a semi-final grudge match with Nick Kyrgios His ...

Manfully, he stood up to the 24-year-old and still found those angles to carve out and win a set point to level the match. The second set then seemed to be heading for a repeat as Nadal won an early break, only to throw it away. Nadal broke after an epic battle in the seventh game of the final set, only to be broken back.

Rafael Nadal has shrugged off new concerns over his fitness as he targets a place in an eighth Wimbledon semi-final on Wednesday while Nick Kyrgios plays in ...

I'm tall and I play really fast," said Rybakina, bidding to be the first Kazakh player to make a semi at the majors. He warmed up for Wimbledon by claiming the grasscourt title at Eastbourne. Anisimova is back in the last eight of a Slam for the first time since making the French Open semi-finals in 2019 where she beat Halep in the quarter-finals. "I prefer to not talk about that now. The American is in the last eight of a Slam for the first time and has yet to drop a set. He is back in the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time since 2014, when he made a mockery of his 144 world ranking to stun Nadal.

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.

Rafael Nadal has been playing with a strapped abdomen at Wimbledon but he refused to provide any details regarding a potential injury as he is "tired" of ...

But I am in the middle of the tournament and I have to keep going, no? “It’s not about that I don’t want to answer your question, but in the same time sometimes I am tired about myself, all the issues that I am having. “I am a little bit tired to talk about my body,” Nadal said, per Tennishead.

Rafael Nadal received a medical timeout after appearing to injure his abdomen during his Wimbledon quarter-final clash with Taylor Fritz.

It's not about that I don't want to answer your question, but in the same time sometimes I am tired about myself, all the issues that I am having. All respect for the rest of the opponents. “In the other hand I am a little bit tired to talk about my body. Nadal returned to the court and continued to play, although BBC commentator Feliciano Lopez suggested that he would not last long. Lopez continued: I find it's never easy to play against someone who is injured or someone you think is injured. The Spaniard's dad, Sebastian, was then seen appearing to sensationally tell his son to quit before he trudged off centre court.

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.