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Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon

───   MORGAN PIEK 07:36 Fri, 08 Jul 2022

Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon | News Article
Rafael Nadal - Wimbeldon

It's the men's singles semi-finals at Wimbledon on Friday, but sadly only one of these games will be played.

The defending champion and Grand Slam top-seed, Novak Djokovic, will be up against the South African-born British top-seed, Cameron Norrie.

The second semi-final has been called off as the second seed, Rafael Nadal, was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon.

Nadal picked up an abdominal injury sustained in the quarter-finals and this has ruled him out.

Nadal confirmed his withdrawal and said it wasn’t an easy decision to make.

 “Unfortunately as you can imagine I am here because I have to pull out from the tournament," said the 22-time Grand Slam champion.

“As everyone saw yesterday I have been suffering with a pain in the abdominal [area] and something was not okay there. That is confirmed, I have a tear in the muscle."

“It doesn't make sense to go on, even if I try through my career to keep going. It is very tough circumstances but it is obvious if I keep going the injury will be worse and worse.”

Nick Kyrgios of Australia has automatically advanced to the final and will face the winner between Djokovic and Norrie.

Morgan Piek/OFM Sport

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