The Spaniard beat Fritz yesterday in five sets
He is playing the tournament with a seven millimeter tear in the abdominal
Rafael Nadal went this morning to the facilities of Wimbledon to train and practice serving ahead of their semifinal match tomorrow, Friday, against Nick Kyrgios. The Balearic, who won yesterday Fritz in five sets, he starts with uncertainty about his physical condition, after the medical tests carried out after his match against the American confirmed that he has a torn abdominal and that it prevents him from serving at maximum power.
After their quarterfinal match against TaylorFritz, The Spanish tennis player underwent medical tests to find out the extent of his abdominal discomfort, which has been present since the first days of competition, and which has worsened over time. The results were a seven-millimeter tear in the abdomen, a tear that prevents him from serving in full condition and that casts doubt on his participation in tomorrow’s semifinal match against Australian Nick Kyrgios.Nadal had scheduled an hour of training on the main slopes of Wimbledon, those open to the public, but he changed his plans and exercised in the Aorangi Park no people in the stands. Despite the inconvenience, the man from Manacori intends to jump on the central court of Wimbledon and play against Kyrgios to seek his sixth final in the London tournament.
He exercised for about an hour, away from the eyes of the press, along with his coaches, Francis Roger, and together with his friend and now also part of the Balearic team, Marc López, former tennis player with whom he won the gold medal in doubles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The main objective of the morning training session was to test the serve, the shot most hampered by the abdominal injury and which he will undoubtedly need tomorrow in his match against Kyrgios if he really wants to have a chance of playing in the final on Sunday. He practiced the serve for a few minutes, although not at full speed, as he had to do against the American, to ease the pain.
Nick Kyrgios For his part, he also trained at the same time as him in the Aorangi Parkin which it will be his third duel against the Spaniard on these tracks of the All England Tennis Clubwith a victory for the Australian in 2014 and one for Nadal in 2019.