In the early morning of July 8, Beijing time, Nadal held a press conference at the All England Tennis Club and announced that he would withdraw from the Wimbledon semifinals with Kyrgios due to a torn abdominal muscle. In this way, Kyrgios entered the Grand Slam final for the fir

In the early morning of July 8th, Beijing time, Nadal held a press conference at the All England Tennis Club and announced that he would withdraw from the Wimbledon semi-finals with Kyrgios due to an abdominal muscle tear. In this way, Kyrgios entered the Grand Slam final for the first time without a fight and will compete with the winner between Djokovic and Norrie for the Wimbledon men's singles championship.

In the quarter-finals, Nadal spent 4 hours and 21 minutes, fell behind twice and equalized. In the final set, he defeated Fritz through a super tie-break and entered the semi-finals. However, in the second set of the quarterfinals, Nadal asked for a medical timeout due to abdominal pain and defeated Fritz despite the injury. Just after the quarterfinals, Nadal said further inspections were needed and based on the results, it would be determined whether he could participate in the semifinals.

At the press conference early this morning, Nadal said: "I think there is no point in continuing to compete, even though I have tried many times in my career to continue competing in extremely difficult situations. But now it is obvious that if I continue If I compete, the injury will become more and more serious. I am very sad, (making the decision to withdraw) is a very difficult moment."

Nadal then gave reporters a detailed introduction to the abdominal muscle tear: "For a week, I had some abdominal problems and we were able to basically control it, but yesterday was the worst day when I served 3-1 to 3-2 (in the first set) and I started to feel abdominal discomfort. It got worse. Then serve, if I remember correctly, things started to get worse at 4-3. It was obvious that after yesterday's game, a minor injury from a few days ago turned into a more serious injury. .”

is as strong as Nadal, but when his physical injuries cannot be controlled by his fighting spirit, he has no choice but to retire. "I couldn't win the next two games in this situation. I couldn't serve, not just that I couldn't serve with normal ball speed, but that I couldn't serve with normal movements. Out of respect for the game, I had to quit. Semi-finals. Not being competitive enough to achieve the level required for my goals, but (continuing to participate) will very likely make the injury more serious,” Nadal continued, “As I often say. , for me, the most important thing is happiness than any title, even though everyone knows how much hard work I put in here, but I can't take the risk of competing and having to recuperate for two or three months after the game, because of this. "It's a very difficult thing for me."

Exiting from the Wimbledon semi-finals prevented Nadal from continuing his pursuit of the annual Grand Slam. Nadal said: "I never thought about the annual Grand Slam. I just enjoy playing tennis." I'm just trying to come back for something I really like."

After examination, Nadal's injury was an abdominal muscle tear. If everything is normal, Nadal can still catch up with US Open . Nadal said: "I will be able to conduct baseline training in about a week. Of course, I will not be able to practice serving for a while. It is estimated that it will take three to four weeks of rest to fully recover. This is normal for this kind of injury. . I hope the normal schedule of events can be resumed later.”

As Nadal said, withdrawing from the Wimbledon semi-finals is a correct and difficult decision, because nothing is more important than health. I wish Nadal a speedy recovery and continue to provide us with more exciting games.

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