Wimbledon: Nadal advances and the Latin American dream ends 1:11
(CNN Spanish) --
If it takes place, it will be an epic tennis match: Rafael Nadal must face Nick Kyrgios in the Wimbledon semifinals.
Several things around the meeting are news, but the most important thing is that the Spanish star may not actually arrive in full health to be able to play it.
What time and how to watch the game
The Wimbledon semifinal will be played this Friday, July 8.
Schedules
Colombia: 7:30 a.m.
Mexico: 7:30 a.m.
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Argentina: 9:30 a.m.
United States East Coast: 8:30 a.m.
UK: 1:30 p.m.
Spain: 2:30 p.m.
In Latin America, the game can be seen through ESPN screens.
In the United States you can watch the match on ESPN and the Tennis Channel.
In the UK it is broadcast by BBC and Eurosport UK.
On Wimbledon.com you can stream the matches for viewers in the US and UK with broadcasts from ESPN and BBC respectively.
In the other semifinal, Serbian Novak Djokovic, who is currently number 3 in the ATP world ranking, will face Britain's Cameron Norrie, number 12 in the world.
The complications of Nadal and Kyrgios
Nadal, 36, and No. 4 in the ATP, says he doesn't know if he'll be fit: He overcame a grueling five-set battle against Taylor Fritz on Wednesday in four hours and 20 minutes, but at times seemed to be struggling with a thigh injury. The abdomen.
He was hunching over after taking a shot and clutching his abdomen.
The two-time Wimbledon champion called the coach for an evaluation in the second set, then took a medical break and left the court for treatment.
Rafael Nadal recovers to advance to the semifinals at Wimbledon in search of the 23rd Grand Slam title
For his part, Kyrgios, 27 years old and 40 in the world, has his own complications.
He is due to appear in court next month in Canberra, Australia's capital, after allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend late last year, according to Australian media reports.
This week he said he had a hard time concentrating because of the accusations.
Kyrgios defeated Chilean Cristian Garín to advance to the semifinal.
Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas were fined after their third-round match at Wimbledon last Saturday.
This has been the clashes Nadal - Kyrgios
The Spaniard and the Australian have met 9 times: Nadal has won six times and Kyrgios has won three.
His most recent match was this year in the Indian Wells quarterfinals, in which Nadal won in three sets.
Nadal ended up losing the final of that tournament precisely to Taylor Fritz, whom he beat this week in England.
They have only played one final: in 2017 in Beijing, which the Spanish won.
With information from Matias Grez, Amy Woodyatt, Matt Foster and George Ramsay of CNN
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