Defeating their rivals in Wimbledon, the third grand slam tennis tournament of the season, Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios advanced to the semi-finals.
The 10th day of the tournament held in London, the capital of England, ended with the quarter-finals of the men’s singles.
2nd seeded Nadal, who has 22 grand slam titles in his career, faced 11th seeded American Taylor Fritz, who reached the best grand slam rating of his career in this tournament.
Nadal, who did not give up despite falling back twice in the sets and suffering from abdominal injuries, defeated his opponent 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 and 7-6, after 4 hours and 21 minutes of fighting. .
KYRGIOUS IS NOT FORCED
World number 40 Australian Nick Kyrgios, who took the court for the quarter-final match for the second time at Wimbledon, shared his trump card with Chilean Cristian Garin, who reached the best grand slam degree of his career in this organization.
The Australian tennis player became one of the last four tennis players for the first time in the organization by outperforming his opponent 3-0 with sets of 6-4, 6-3 and 7-6. Kyrgios will face Nadal in this round.
THE TOURNAMENT WILL CONTINUE WITH WOMEN’S SINGLE MATCHES
In the women’s singles matches played today in the tournament, the 2019 champion of the tournament, 16th seeded Romanian Simona Halep, defeated 20th seeded American Amanda Anisimova 2-0, 17th seeded Kazakh Elena Rybakina defeated world 44th Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 2-1. made it to the semi-finals.
The women’s singles semi-finals will be played tomorrow at Wimbledon. In these matches, world number 2 Tunisian Ounce Jabeur will fight German Tatjana Maria and Aleppo and Rybakina will fight.