BREAKING: Rafael Nadal Announces His Shock Withdrawal From Semi-finals Against Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon Championships 2022
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In shocking news, Rafael Nadal has decided to withdraw from the Wimbledon Championships 2022. Earlier, he called a press conference to announce this awful news to his fans and the Wimbledon Championships.
Notably, the Spaniard had scans to examine the severity of the abdominal injury he suffered in the previous match against Taylor Fritz. According to his medical report, he had a 7 mm tear on his abdominal muscle.
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Rafael Nadal withdraws from the Wimbledon Championships 2022
According to multiple sources, Rafael Nadal has retired from the Wimbledon Championships 2022, giving Nick Kyrgios a walkover to the final.
Rafael Nadal has pulled out of #Wimbledon because of the abdominal tear.
Gives Nick Kyrgios a walkover into the final.
— James Gray (@jamesgraysport) July 7, 2022
Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios from Canberra.
Grand Slam finalist at 27.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 7, 2022
During the press conference, Nadal said, “Unfortunately, I have to pull out of the tournament. I have a tear in the muscle in the abdominal. It doesn’t make sense to go. Very tough circumstances. It’s obvious that if I keep going, the injury is going to be worse and worse.”
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Rafael Nadal: "Unfortunately, I have to pull out of the tournament. I have a tear in the muscle in the abdominal. It doesn't make sense to go. Very tough circumstances. It's obvious that if I keep going the injury is going to be worse and worse."#Wimbledon
— James Gray (@jamesgraysport) July 7, 2022
“I have to pull out of the tournament. As everybody saw yesterday I have been suffering with the pain in the abdominal. I have a tear in the muscle. It doesn’t make sense to play, injury will get worse. I made this decision because I know I can’t win two matches [from here].… I can’t do the normal motion to serve. For respect to myself in some way, I don’t want to go out there and not be competitive enough,” he further said.
Nadal. "I have to pull out of the tournament. As everybody saw yesterday I have been suffering with the pain in the abdominal. I have a tear in the muscle."
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 7, 2022
Nadal. "It doesn't make sense to play, injury will get worse".
Rafa feels he can't win two more matches this weekend so no point to play.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 7, 2022
Later, he talked about putting a lot of effort during his quarter-final match against Fritz despite suffering the injury. “Everybody knows what effort I put in to be here. I can’t risk that much and stay two three moths out of the competition. Even if I tried a lot of times in all my career to keep going in very tough circumstances…it’s obvious that if I keep going the injury was going to be worse and worse,” he further added.
"Everybody knows what effort I put in to be here.
I can’t risk that much and stay two three moths out of the competition."— Christopher Clarey 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 (@christophclarey) July 7, 2022
Nadal could miss three to four weeks
During today’s practice session, Nadal tried his best to make changes in his service motion. However, he was not getting any topspin, as he was feeling pain in his abdominal area.
Nadal had modified his service motion in practice to try and put less pressure on the abdominal area but there was less topspin and control as a result and the ball repeatedly landed long. Would have struggled tomorrow had he taken to the court.
— Stuart Fraser (@stu_fraser) July 7, 2022
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According to the Spaniard, he could miss three to four weeks with this injury. “I hope this three, four weeks will allow me to do my normal calendar,” Nadal said at the press conference.
Rafa Nadal says he expects to be out for three or four weeks.
"I hope this three, four weeks will allow me to do my normal calendar."#Wimbledon
— James Gray (@jamesgraysport) July 7, 2022
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Meanwhile, after withdrawing from the Wimbledon Championships today, Nadal missed the golden opportunity to win three back-to-back Grand Slam titles and the Calendar Slam for the first time in his career. His fans would be hoping now that he makes a comeback at the US Open this year.