Nadal, Kyrgios, Halep, Rybakina: what to remember from the end of the quarter-finals at Wimbledon

At Wimbledon,

To discover

• Wimbledon: men's schedule and results

• Wimbledon: ladies schedule and results

The legendary warrior

On the edge of the precipice, the Terminator of tennis, Rafael Nadal, however diminished by an abdominal injury, contracted in the second set, had the last word, Wednesday in the quarter-finals against Taylor Fritz, after a terrible fight and in the super-tie-break of the fifth set 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10-4).

The 36-year-old Spaniard, still alive, remains in the running for a calendar Grand Slam.

He will meet Nick Kyrgios in the semi-final on Friday, to try to play the sixth final of his career at Wimbledon.

If his body allows it...

The image

At 3-6, 4-3, Rafael Nadal asked the physio to intervene and examine him in the locker room due to abdominal pain.

Clearly embarrassed to serve, the Spaniard did not hide his pain.

His father Sebastian, worried, asked him with a wave of his arms to give up the game so as not to aggravate his injury.

But his son didn't listen to him... and he imposed himself, despite suffering abs.

The phrase

"

“ Signed the unsinkable Rafael Nadal, questioned hot after his victory at the end of suspense and pain.

The first and the emotion

Stronger than Cristian Garin dominated this Wednesday (6-4, 6-3, 7-6), Nick Kyrgios qualified for his first semi-final in a Grand Slam.

After falling with his arms crossed on the grass of court number 1 after the match point, the "

", on the verge of tears, remained for long minutes in his chair and did not hide his emotion for only a few seconds. after match point.

The most Russian of Kazakhs…

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, 23rd in the world, qualified for her first Grand Slam semi-final on Wednesday by dominating Australian Ajla Tomljanovic (44th) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Quarter-finalist at Roland-Garros in 2021, she had never passed the round of 16 at Church Road.

While Russians and Belarusians are banned from tournaments this year, Rybakina, born and still residing in Moscow, is allowed to play on English turf as she became a naturalized Kazakh in 2018…

The number

12

Winner of the 2019 edition, absent in 2021 due to injury (the 2020 edition had been canceled due to Covid19), Simona Halep still has a green thumb.

The former world number 1, currently 18th, outclassed the American Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 6-4 in the quarters, thus chaining a twelfth consecutive success on the London lawn.

With art and manner.

The Romanian, now coached by Patrick Mouratoglou, is the player who spent the least time on the court to reach the quarter-finals with a total of 4h35 for four games.

Victim of numerous injuries last season and falling to 27th place in the world in February, the Romanian her 9th semi-final of her Grand Slam career, the first since the Australian Open 2020.