The quarter-final match between Rafa Nadal and Marin Cilic ended is despair for the Spaniard as he walked out of it being down 2-0 in the decider after suffering an injury mid-match. This means only Roger Federer survives out of the Top 4 seeds in the tournament.
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Cilic will face Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund next on Thursday. Edmund reached his first Grand Slam championship semi-final after defeating third-seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4.
Nadal will remain at No. 1 when the ATP Rankings are published on Monday.
Here is how twitter reacted to the match to Rafa’s unfortunate departure
Marin Cilic through to semi-finals of the Australian Open after top seed Rafa Nadal retires injured when trailing 3-6 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 2-0. He will play Britain's Kyle Edmund for a place in Sunday's final. Join our live blog for updates: skysports.tv/6lvkfZ #AusOpen
Rafael Nadal will retain his #1 ranking, but if Roger Federer wins the #AusOpen he will only be 155 ranking points behind.
It was tough to watch Nadal hobble off and it's a pity that an encore of the last year's final is ruled out, but Cilic was sensational. #AustralianOpen
So since @rogerfederer left the court after his last match this has happened; Djokovic, Dimitrov, and Nadal have lost. Has anyone ever been a bigger favorite to win the 🏆with three matches left? @AustralianOpen
Standing ovation for @RafaelNadal as he leaves the court 👏 #AusOpen
If you think Nadal isn't injured and/or that he is engaging in political theater as though he is trying to create an excuse for losing, I can't help you. You're being willfully ignorant and wrong. Period.
280 characters isn't nearly enough to go through all of Rafael Nadal's Aussie Open horror stories. Add another to the list, as he retires with a hip injury to Marin Cilic in the 5th set of their quarterfinal
Unfortunate scenes here with the world No.1 Rafael #Nadal retiring hurt in the QF 😥 @Cilic_Marin progresses through to the SF. #AusOpen
Nadal's only 3rd retirement during the match in 8 years.
If Federer wins the Australian Open, he will have done so without facing Murray, Djokovic or Nadal. This would be his second major in a row not having faced any of those players. Last time that happened: 09 French Open + 09 Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal retires for only the second time in 264 grand slam matches. Only previous retirement was vs Andy Murray in quarter-finals of 2010 Australian Open #AusOpen
*federer has an impossible draw* federer fans: he can do it!!!! anything is possible!!!! our man is a champion!!! 🌈 *federer's draw completely opens up* federer fans: he's gonna lose, he's gonna fuck it all up, this is all over now 😩😩😩
Murray breaks. Djokovic breaks. Nadal breaks. And Federer still floats. (*no liability for any mock)
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