[Body Road News]36-year-old Rafael Nadal creates miracles once more, once more, and once more with the “spirit of immortality”! The 22-time Grand Slam winner endured the pain in his right abdomen in the Wimbledon semi-final on Wednesday (6th), and even rejected his family’s suggestion to retire and insist on fighting with the injury. In the end, following 4 hours, 21 minutes and 5 sets, he ended up with 3 : 6, 7:5, 3:6, 7:5, 7:6 (10:4) a shocking reversal of Taylor Fritz of the United States and entered the top 4, but Nadu admitted following the game that the injury was not minor and might Whether to play in the semi-finals is doubtful.
In the final of the Indian Wells Masters in March this year, Nadu lost to Felix due to a rib injury. The winning streak ended. After three months, the two reunited in the top 8 of Wimbledon. There was another problem with the bandaged lower abdomen, which affected his serve, backhand and shift. In the first set, he broke serve and led 3:1, and suddenly lost 5 games in a row. He applied at 4:3 in the second set. When leaving the field with the medical suspension, the father and sister who were sitting in the box of the players’ family members made big gestures. The game broadcast commentator believed that this seemed to suggest that Nadu should give up the game to avoid aggravating the injury. “God of War” still insisted on continuing to fight, gritted his teeth, and relied on superhuman willpower to tie the game at a disadvantage of 0:1 and 1:2 behind the set, forcing the game into the fifth set of the final, and tug-of-war to the tiebreaker “Tie Ten. ”, the pawns knocked down Ferris and reached the top 4, and will compete with Australian “bad boy” Nick Kyrgios for the final seat.
After returning to Wimbledon three years later, Nadu, who continued his 19-game winning streak in this season’s Grand Slam and recorded his 310th career Grand Slam victory, said frankly: “My father and sister told me that I needed to quit the game. It’s hard to say quitting in the middle of a race, although I’ve had a few times in my career, but I hate it. That’s why I keep fighting and I want to finish the race no matter the outcome.”
“It’s not an easy game, so it’s nice to be in the quarter-finals. To be honest, my stomach is not that good, I have to find a different way to serve here, and a lot of times I have things in my head that might not finish the game. Thoughts.” According to the schedule, Nadu will challenge Kirios on Friday, but he does not deny that his ability to participate is a big doubt: “There will be some tests tomorrow (Thursday), but it is difficult to know whether or not to play. Friday’s quarter-finals.” He said: “When the match comes to the end, the players themselves have to make all the decisions, but I also need different opinions, and I need to deal with everything in the right way. Compared to winning the Wimbledon championship, Health is more important, once more, let’s see what happens tomorrow.”
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Wimbledon]Reject the family’s suggestion to retire!Naduqiang endured abdominal pain and won the top 4 following 5 fierce battles」
