Rafael Nadal is having a dream 2022 season. The Spanish legend is unbeaten at Grand Slam tournaments this year, having already won the Australian Open and the French Open titles. Yesterday, he had a thrilling five-set victory over Taylor Fritz of the United States. In a match lasting close to four and a half hours on Centre Court at Wimbledon, Nadal had to come back from 2-1 down to prevail over his American opponent.

However, midway through the match, Nadal called on a trainer after struggling with an abdominal injury. Nadal was struggling to serve in the second set. During the injury time-out, his dad even asked Nadal to withdraw from the match. After the match, the Spaniard opened up on his injury scare.

Rafael Nadal on his medical time-out against Taylor Fritz

During the post-match interview after his quarter-final victory over Fritz, an interviewer asked Nadal about going off with the trainer midway through the match. Replying to this question, the former world number one said, “They can’t do much honestly. Doctor came, gave me some anti-inflammatories. The physio just tried to relax a little bit the muscle level. Nothing can be fixed when you have a thing like this.”

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Further, he went on to add, “As I said before, I just wanted to give myself a chance, not easy to leave the tournament, not easy to leave Wimbledon even if the pain was hard. I don’t know, I wanted to finish, doesn’t matter with, I prefer to win but with the victory or the defeat, but all right, that’s what I did. I fought, proud about the fighting spirit and the way that I managed to be competitive under that conditions.”

Nadal’s injury woes this season

Despite his raging success this year, the 22-time Grand Slam champion has had multiple injury setbacks. Earlier this year, he missed the Miami Open, the Monte-Carlo Masters, and the Barcelona Open owing to a rib injury.

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Further, he suffered a foot injury during his Rome Masters defeat against Denis Shapovalov. Can Rafael Nadal recover in time to face Nick Kyrgios in the semi-finals at Wimbledon? Let us know your views in the comments below.