Twenty-two-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal outlasted eleventh seed Taylor Fritz in a five-set thriller on Centre Court at Wimbledon
The match started well for the Spaniard as he broke the serve of his American opponent early in the first set. However, Fritz responded and reeled off five successive games to take the first set 6-3.With Fritz up 4-3 in the second set, a trainer was called onto the court to evaluate the two-time Wimbledon champ. He eventually used a medical timeout and left the court for treatment.
I had to find a way to serve a little bit different. For a lot of moments, I was thinking maybe I will not be able to finish the match but, the court the energy something else, so yeah," Nadal said in the on-court interview. With the victory, Nadal improves to 8-0 in quarterfinal matches at Wimbledon and becomes the third man in the Open Era to reach the Wimbledon singles semifinals aged 36 or older.
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