WIMBLEDON: Rafa Nadal Leaves In The Air If He Will Play The Semifinal: "It is not easy to withdraw from the Wimbledon center court"
After his epic victory in five sets over Taylor Fritz (3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)), Rafa Nadal confessed that several times throughout the match he thought about the possibility to throw in the towel due to the pain in his abs that prevented him from serving properly and forced him to force a break during the match. "It's not easy to leave Center Court at Wimbledon," said the world number two, who will wait for an examination to find out the extent of the injury and if he will be fit to face Nick Kyrgios in the semifinals on Friday.
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However, the Majorcan tennis player acknowledged that he seriously considered whether to leave between the first and third sets. "I started very well, but after 3-1 in my favor I started to notice the pain when serving," he acknowledged. "Below and from the back of the court I continued to play well, but it took me a long time to find a way to serve without getting whiplash (in the abdominals), which then also affected at least the next two balls", he explained.
"It is a problem that I have been dragging for a week, and in fact in training I have not tried the serve for fear of reproducing the pain," Nadal added. "But I am proud to have been competitive in these conditions. Throughout the tournament I think I have played at a very high level, and beating a player like Fritz without the serve I think has a lot of merit", valued the Mallorcan.
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"HEALTH IS AHEAD"
"I don't know exactly what I have," he said, referring to his abdominal discomfort. "Clearly something is not right and I have to determine how far I can go in these conditions. Reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals is very important, but health is ahead."
With a rueful and visibly "concerned" gesture, Nadal admitted that "health is ahead of Wimbledon" and that he will make the decision on Thursday after undergoing an examination and consulting with the doctors, who had to give him painkillers during the match for the pain.
"I have little rest in the body, and when it's not one thing, it's another," he lamented. "Interestingly, the foot has not bothered me at Wimbledon, or at least I have been able to play without limitations in that sense. I think that despite everything I have played at a very high level," Nadal concluded.
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