Camila Vega
Bad news have arrived following the women’s matches: Rafa Nadal has withdrawn from Wimbledon 2022 on the eve of the current Grand Slam semifinals. More details below.
Rafa Nadal in the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon 2022
Rafael Nadal, perhaps the only one who could stop Djokovic in the final, has had an impressive run in this edition of Wimbledon 2022. His first match was against Argentine Cerundolo, against whom he won in four sets. He then faced Berankis in the second round and Sonego and Van de Zandschulp in the third and fourth rounds, both in three sets.
He played against American Taylor Fritz in his last round, the quarterfinals. This was an impressive match of 4 hours and 21 minutes in which five sets were played.
The match was so even that the fifth game went to a tie break, with Nadal prevailing 10-4. In this last match, though, Nadal had to call a doctor. Furthermore, he had earlier revealed that he had such a severe chronic fracture in his left foot that he played the whole Roland Garros without feeling his foot, thanks to a pain-blocking therapy.
Despite the above, another injury appeared, and he had to withdraw from the tournament.
Nadal’s Injury and Retirement vs. Nick Kyrgios
Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon before Friday’s semifinals due to an abdominal tear, he said during a news conference on Thursday. You can find below the video of the press conference:
Nadal, who battled injury during his quarterfinal match against Taylor Fritz on Wednesday, would have faced Australian Nick Kyrgios in his third consecutive Grand Slam semifinal. The Spanish number 2 was in search of his 23rd career Grand Slam singles title and his third career Wimbledon championship.
Therefore, Kyrgios will advance to his first Grand Slam final by walkover and will face either number 1 Novak Djokovic or number 9 Cameron Norrie, who will meet on Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Unfortunately, this injury prevented Rafa from even serving. As a result, he had to withdraw from the tournament in order to take care of this new abdominal injury and, incidentally, that of his foot.
