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Rafael Nadal recovers to advance to the semifinals at Wimbledon in search of the 23rd Grand Slam title

2022-07-06T19:11:43.642Z


Twenty-two time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal outlasted Taylor Fritzen in 5 sets and will face Nick Kyrgios on Friday.


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(CNN) --

Twenty-two-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal overcame Taylor Fritz, 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10-4) in a five-game thriller. sets on Center Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday.

The match started off well for the Spaniard as he broke his American opponent early in the first set.

However, Fritz responded and won five straight games to take the first set 6-3.

With Fritz leading 4-3 in the second set, a coach was called onto the court to assess the two-time Wimbledon champion.

He eventually used a medical timeout and left the field for treatment.

Despite those difficulties, Nadal roared to win the second when he broke in the final game to win 7-5, tying the matter at one set apiece.

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After comfortably winning the third set 6-3, Fritz was on the brink of victory as he took a 5-4 lead in the fourth set, with Nadal serving to extend the match.

Nadal did exactly that, taking the next three games to force a decisive fifth set.

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Rafael Nadal and Taylor Fritz at the end of the match at Wimbledon.

Credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

In the fifth, both players found themselves tied 4-4, before the 24-year-old Fritz again found his way to a 5-4 lead and Nadal served to extend the match.

As he has done time and time again, the Spaniard managed another game to draw 5-5 apiece and finally forced a tie break for the match.

From there, Nadal outclassed Fritz, jumping out to a 5-0 lead before winning the tiebreaker 10-4.

With the win, Nadal improves to 8-0 in Wimbledon quarterfinal matches and becomes only the third man in the Open Era to reach the Wimbledon singles semifinals aged 36 or older.

Forced to withdraw from Wimbledon 2021 due to fatigue, Nadal is vying for a record-extending 23rd men's singles Grand Slam title and third at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

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Nadal will face Kyrgios

In Wednesday's other men's quarterfinal match, Australian Nick Kyrgios defeated Chilean Cristian Garin in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. for the first time in his career.

The 27-year-old also becomes the first Australian player to reach the Wimbledon semi-final in 17 years.

“I thought I would never be in a Grand Slam semi-final.

Honestly, I thought my ship had sailed.

Obviously I didn't do very well early in my career and I may have wasted that little window, but you know, (I'm) very proud of the way I just came back here and with my team just to be able to put on a performance. ”, Kyrgios said after the match.

Nadal will play in the semifinal against Kyrgios on Center Court on Friday.

Rafael Nadal Wimbledon

Source: cnnespanol

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