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London — A Injured Rafael Nadal continues his quest for a calendar year's Grand Slam to defeat America's 11th seed Taylor Fritz in the final set of tiebreakers in the fascinating Wimbledon quarterfinal contest on Wednesday. Showed the heroic spiritual power of.
Nadaru, suffering from an abdominal injury, appeared on the center court on the verge of retiring in the middle of the match, but found his intention to defeat 24-year-old Fritz 3-6 7-5 3-6. 7-5 7-6 (10-4) in 4 hours 20 minutes to set up a semi-final showdown with Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios.
After defeating Nadal in the Indian Wells final and finishing 20 Spanish wins at the beginning of the 2022 season, Fritz overturned the initial deficit and raced. Passed opening set, 1-3, 0-30 to 5 consecutive wins.
This year, 36-year-old Nadal, who won the Australian and French Open titles for the first time in a row, left the court for a medical time out due to abdominal problems. His father enthusiastically urged him out of the player's box to end his misery.
However, the two former Wimbledon champions did not pay attention to the request and returned to the packed show court with big applause, defeating Fritz in the 12th game and leveling the game one set at a time. ..
Nadaru was still struggling while serving, but broke twice as the Americans comfortably bagged the third set.
Not ready to throw the towel yet, Nadaru took two breaks, making an American serve a third and forcing a fifth set decision. Insisted.
With the crowd firmly behind, Nadaru transformed the fourth breakpoint in the seventh game to take the lead and stared at the player's box. However, Fritz broke back again and forced a definitive 10-point tiebreaker.
The 22nd big winner soared to 5-0 with a tiebreaker, won a 25-shot rally in a noisy applause, and made the second match point a forehand-stabbed winner. I changed it and won a memorable victory. (Report by Sudipto Ganguly, edited by Toby Davis)
