Incredible: while the match seemed set to last, Rafael Nadal qualified for the final by abandoning his opponent Alexander Zverev.
We were playing one of the last games of the second set (7-6, 5-6) when the German injured his ankle.
Nadal led 40-30 and on the ball in question, Nadal came back to 6-6.
The worst possible outcome 🤕
Alexander Zverev, victim of a nasty ankle twist at the end of the second set, is forced to leave the court and does not seem able to resume the match against Rafael Nadal...#RGsurPrime #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/6jNjQ7X4s1
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Until then, the two men could not decide.
When Zverev got injured, they had been playing for over three hours (3:07) and the indecision seemed total.
Until this stroke of fate.
Zverev got out on a wheelchair to return to the locker room.
After long minutes of uncertainty, the tearful German withdrew.
Nadal will face in the final the winner of the duel between the Croatian Marin Cilic and the Norwegian Casper Ruud which will take place in the evening.
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