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Second seed Rafael Nadal took another step forward in his bid for a rare calendar-year Grand Slam on Monday by booking his spot in the Wimbledon ...

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Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios both reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon with victories on Centre Court on Monday. The Sporting News was on hand to provide ...

Van de Zandschulp shows his opponent exactly how to hit a forehand winner on the move down the line to get to 30-30. Kyrgios drills an ace on his opening serve and Nakashima fails to return the next right down the middle. Nadal then gets his rewards for chasing down a shot that clips the net and then van de Zandschulp double faults, two break points. Nadal wins the opener with a cushioned volley, and has several chances to push on but van de Zandschulp is stubborn and forces his opponent into the mistakes. Van de Zandschulp hits his second return winner of the game, 15-30, but then hits an easy forehand into the net. A backhand volley gets him the second and van de Zandschulp looks to the floor in disappointment as he fires the next to into the net. Nadal hits a backhand winner across court after van de Zandschulp had come to the net. Nadal looks to his racket as his forehand at the net goes wildly out of bounds and van de Zandschulp has break point. Nadal gets the opener as van de Zandschulp returns into the net. Van de Zandschulp holds and will make Nadal serve for the match. Van de Zandschulp will fancy his chances if he gets to the tie-break, he's rarely missing a forehand. Van de Zandschulp goes big on the forehand but it goes wide.

Rafael Nadal survived a late fightback to move into the quarter-finals at Wimbledon following a straight sets win over Botic van de Zandschulp.

Wimbledon "Until the end when I played a bad game at 5-2 when it had been a very positive match. Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Fitz and Cristian Garin advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals with victories Monday.

The Australian then held two match points at 5-4 in the fifth. The unseeded Chilean trailed 5-3 in the first-to-10 fifth-set tiebreaker before winning six straight points to take a 9-5 lead. Kyrgios also needed five sets to get past Paul Jubb in the first round. That was the end of the Dutchman's resistance, though, as Nadal converted his fourth match point for a 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6) win on Centre Court. The Spaniard is playing his first grass-court tournament since 2019, when he lost to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon semifinals. I was bouncing the ball before I served; I really just smiled to myself,'' said Kyrgios, owner of a tour-high 11 victories on grass this season. Kyrgios overcame an ailing shoulder and a fourth-set slump to beat 20-year-old American Brandon Nakashima 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-2.

Spaniard eased to a 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6) victory and set up a quarter-final clash with his conquerer at Indian Wells in March, Taylor Fritz.

Taylor Fritz, the 11th seed, is yet to drop a set in this tournament, reaching his first career grand slam quarter-final by defeating Jason Kubler 6-3, 6-1, 6-4. But Nadal and Djokovic are still here, rolling through the draw, determined to write another page in the sport’s history books. None of those improvements served him particularly well in the face of the pressure and intensity from Nadal early on. On Monday, Nadal was extremely efficient against a challenging opponent until nerves struck as he served for the match, but he pulled himself together to seal the win. “I think, till the end, until I played a bad game at 5-3, it has been a very positive match against a difficult opponent. He reached the quarter‑finals with his 18th grand slam match win in a row after a high‑class performance, outplaying Botic van de Zandschulp, the 21st seed, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6).

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Kyrgios advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time in eight years. He could potentially face Nadal in the semifinals.

"I've come a long way, that's for sure. I've come a long way, that's for sure." "This year I have a different mindset.

Rafael Nadal will face Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon after marking his 350th grand slam match with a win over Botic van de Zandschulp.

The two-time Wimbledon champion takes on Dutch 21st seed Botic Van de Zandschulp on Centre Court, with the last-16 tie shown live on BBC One. Following his ...

Rafael Nadal, 36, will battle it out to seal a place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals this afternoon. Is this a serious question or a joke? The two-time Wimbledon champion takes on Dutch 21st seed Botic Van de Zandschulp on Centre Court, with the last-16 tie shown live on BBC One. Following his victory over Lorenzo Sonego in the third round, Nadal spoke positively of his performance during the post-match press conference. Is it serious? Nadal and his girlfriend of 15 years had tied the knot in his native Mallorca the previous month. FURIOUS Rafael Nadal ripped into a journalist over a question about his wife in extraordinary unearthed footage showing the tennis ace complaining over a "bulls**t" question.

Tennis - Nadal defeated Botiv Van De Zandschulp in straight sets at Wimbledon.

Nadal served for the victory in game nine but got broken at 15 to keep the rival alive and experience a setback. Nadal saved it in the opening game and broke the rival in the next one to move in front after Van De Zandschulp's loose backhand. Nadal broke him in game ten after a fine attack to wrap up the set and gain a boost.

The Wimbledon quarter-final action rounds out Wednesday when Rafael Nadal, Taylor Fritz, Nick Kyrgios and Cristian Garin take to the lawns at the All England ...

“I look at it as a big opportunity,” said Kyrgios after he outlasted #NextGenATP American Brandon Nakashima in a five-set thriller in the fourth round on Monday. “Garin is obviously playing great tennis. Then when I walked off the court and I got told it was Garin. It was surprising. The man on the other side of the net on Wednesday certainly knows a thing or two about quality shots. Now it is crazy to go from where I was at mentally after Queen's — feeling injured, I'd just lost three matches in a row. Now is the moment to keep doing the steps forward if I want to keep having chances.” Nadal was solid if not spectacular in four-set wins against Francisco Cerundolo and Ricardas Berankis in his opening two rounds at Wimbledon, where the second seed is playing his first tournament of the year on grass. The American has brought that form with him to the lawns of the All England Club, where he has so far dispatched Lorenzo Musetti, Alastair Gray, Alex Molcan and Kubler without dropping a set. “Last year I [reached the fourth round] here, and I think that was a big experience for me. Today, I felt a different match to last year. I just remained positive, stuck to the process of working really hard, doing the right things. I might think, ‘Should I go for this, should I play it safe?’ Against someone like Rafa, it's easy to always make the aggressive decision and kind of play freer.” The week before Wimbledon he won the tournament [in Eastbourne]. Now [the] quarter-finals [here].”

Rafael Nadal faces Tyler Fritz in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. If Nadal wins men's singles at Wimbledon, he can complete a Grand Slam with another ...

“I felt like I had pretty good knowledge of it, but I didn’t feel like I could talk the language,” he said. I try to keep normal as much as possible, because that was what makes me proudest is to be a mom.” I’m here, yeah, I’m in the semifinal of Wimbledon, it’s crazy, but I’m still a mom. “From the start of the third, I played three really very solid, very high-quality tennis sets,” Djokovic said. “It’s about kind of just replicating the way I’ve been playing and trusting that that will be enough.” I know that,” Djokovic said.

Former British tennis player and current commentator John Lloyd thought Nick Kyrgios definitely crossed the line with his behavior during the Stefanos ...

Even though Tsitsipas was trying to stay calm, it was clear that he was extremely frustrated by Kyrgios' behavior. After Tsitsipas lost, tennis pundits all agreed that the Greek should not have allowed Kyrgios to get into his head. "Tsitsipas was the one who suffered from that and his frustration boiled over when he hit the ball into the crowd.

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander claims that the further Wimbledon progresses, the more chance Rafael Nadal has to win.

It’s hard to describe everything we’ve shared on the track. Both Nadal and Djokovic are making good progress at Wimbledon and are considered to be the top two favorites for the Wimbledon title. Nadal further commented on his legendary rivalry with the Swiss player. I do not hide that my passion for Spain is the responsibility of my wife." "It's completely irrelevant how you look and how you feel after two games because they're only going to play in the final," he said. When the draw was made, Nadal, Djokovic and Matteo Berrettini were considered the top three favorites.

First up is a re-match between Rafael Nadal and Taylor Fritz, followed by a showdown between surprise package Cristian Garin and the mercurial Nick Kyrgios.

And Kyrgios has made a habit of getting out of the gates slowly. Then again, Kyrgios isn’t the picture of dedication and plays a very light schedule, so it is reasonable to wonder if he can hold up under the rigors of Grand Slam tennis, especially against a player like Garin, whose best asset may be his stamina and relentlessness. Instead, Garin played the match of his life and came back from two sets down to defeat the tireless Aussie in a fifth-set tiebreaker. A five-set thriller against World No. 227 Paul Jubb was not the start Kyrgios fans envisioned, but the polarizing Aussie backed it up with a rout of Filip Krajinovic in Round 2, setting up a tantalizing contest with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Round of 32. Unlike de Minaur, Kyrgios is not going to sit back on the baseline and get into long rallies on the baseline with Garin. However, if the Chilean can nab a set early and drag Kyrgios deep into the match, then the scales may tilt a little bit towards the underdog. While plenty of pundits walked away from Kyrgios’ victory over Nakashima impressed with his composure, the betting market seems a bit skeptical. All of a sudden, the 26-year-old was into the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career. With his toolset, Kyrgios should be among the favorites to win at Wimbledon every year. And while Rafa’s ability to play deep into matches is the stuff of legend at this point, he is still battling a serious foot injury at age 36. On sheer tennis, he was levels above the World No. 6. Garin would dispatch Ymer in straight sets and then do the same thing to another lucky loser, Hugo Grenier, two days later. On paper, it looked like an easy win for Garin, but there was no reason to be confident that the Chilean would see it through.

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I’ll need to take my chances and play the big points well.” He made a huge effort to win in Paris but he’ll do everything here too.” I have been able to adjust and to accept the challenges in terms of physical issues. I’ve been able to find a way to be competitive and improve my game. Few people know Nadal better than Francis Roig, who has been working with the Spaniard since 2005. “I love Wimbledon and it’s been three years without playing here.

Rafael Nadal live score: The Spaniard comes up against talented American Taylor Fritz in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Centre Court and The Sporting News ...

Fritz gets to 30-0 as Nadal struggles to return the serves. Nadal then double faults to present Fritz with two break points. Fritz gets to 15-30 with a few aggressive forehands Nadal can't return. Nadal then hits a wayward return wide and Fritz holds. Nadal then does brilliantly to stay in the rally with Fritz missing several opportunities and gets to 30-30. Fritz picks his corners with two big forehands Nadal can only return into the net, 15-30. Fritz is again devastating with the forehand to pick Nadal off once more. Nadal then sends one long and Fritz has two set points. Nadal then returns long and Fritz follows with an ace. Nadal has three break points as Fritz makes a mess of some easy forehands. Fritz holds as Nadal eventually hits the net after a long rally. Fritz sends a forehand long and Nadal breaks at the perfect opportunity!

Rafael Nadal's Grand Slam story served up another dramatic chapter on Wednesday at Wimbledon, where the Spaniard held off a high-powered performance from ...

The match remained in the balance throughout an engrossing final set, but it was Nadal who raised his game under the pressure of the deciding-set tie-break. I need to be at 100% to keep having chances and that’s what I am going to try to do.” His next assignment in London is a semi-final with Nick Kyrgios, after the Australian was a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(5) winner in his quarter-final matchup against Cristian Garin.

Nadal moves on to the semifinals where he'll face Nick Kyrgios.

On a date 14 years after his renowned final with Roger Federer here, a date he said he never imagined seeing way back then at age 22, he played his first deciding 10-point super-tiebreaker, designated for fifth sets nowadays. He played it beautifully, snaring a quick 5-0 lead as all his experience kicked in against a player in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. But he found his way through an opponent whose big year has brought him a world ranking of No. 14, if an opponent who was fantastic but not quite airtight enough.

Nadal left the court for treatment in the second set, but dug deep to beat Fritz after more than four hours. Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis ...

Somehow, Nadal did it again, recovering from 2-1 down to force a decider, and fittingly it was a super tie-break that would decide the match. He had been able to put any injury doubts to one side in the opening four rounds, but they resurfaced on Centre Court against Fritz. I know when I feel something, but it’s nothing new, I’ve had those feelings for a couple days but today was the worst day.”

An injured Rafael Nadal somehow managed to continue his quest to secure a historic Calendar Slam in 2022 after he roared back to beat Taylor Fritz.

It was due reward for a set in which Fritz played superbly well, especially given he was dealing with an injured opponent - never easy - and the pressure of a possible first Grand Slam semi-final. Nadal came steaming out of the blocks to take a 5-0 lead, but once again Fritz recovered to 6-3. "I honestly enjoy a lot playing these kind of matches, in front of you guys, I can’t thank you enough. Nadal said: “The body in general is fine. You'd never have said that in the remainder of the set Nadal would win just one more game, but that was what happened as Fritz wrestled his way back into the contest, breaking back in the sixth game, and then again in the eighth to romp away with it, 6-3. He managed to return to the court after leaving to receive treatment in the locker room, but he was not able to move freely and it appeared to be only a matter of time until the inevitable handshake at the net.

Nadal struggled with an apparent abdominal injury in his quarterfinal match against Fritz, a rising American star who pushed Nadal to five sets.

He has been wearing a patch on his lower abdomen during the tournament that appeared to be an anti-inflammatory patch. Nadal played with what turned out to be a stress fracture in one of his ribs, which limited his ability to serve and strike his groundstrokes at full force. But as the match extended past four hours, he regained control and finished off the victory with a classic forehand winner from inside the baseline, complete with his bolo-whip finish behind his left ear. “I hope to be ready to play it; that’s the first thing,” Nadal said in his on-court interview. “For a lot of moments, I was thinking maybe I will not be able to finish the match,” he said, speaking to the Centre Court crowd. But for all his power and hustle, he could not hold his two-set-to-one lead and quickly lost command of the decisive tiebreaker, falling behind, 0-5, as Nadal summoned the shotmaking that has made him a 22-time Grand Slam singles champion.

Nadal now stands two match wins from his third Wimbledon title and his 23rd major championship. His chief rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are tied at 20 ...

Up 4-3, he left the court to see the trainer and presumably get painkillers of some sort. He closed it out on his serve with a forehand winner and then met Fritz at the net. In the second set, Nadal showed signs of dealing with a lower abdominal injury. “First thing, I hope to be ready to play it, that’s the first thing,” Nadal said. Yeah, for a lot of moments I was thinking maybe I will not be able to finish the match but the court, the energy is something else. Nadal has won 19 straight major matches this year after winning the Australian and French Opens in the same calendar year for the first time in his career.

Twenty-two-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal outlasted eleventh seed Taylor Fritz, 3-6 7-5 3-6 7-5 7-6 (10-4) in a five-set thriller on Centre Court at ...

In the other men's quarterfinal match on Wednesday, Australian Nick Kyrgios defeated Chile's Cristian Garin in straight sets, 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to reach a semifinal at a grand slam for the first time in his career. For a lot of moments, I was thinking maybe I will not be able to finish the match but, the court the energy (is) something else, so yeah," Nadal said in the on-court interview. As he famously has done time and time again, the Spaniard grinded out another game to draw level at 5-5 each and eventually forced a tiebreak for the match.

Rafael Nadal is still perfect at the Grand Slams in 2022. His body, on the other hand, is far from it.

“First thing I hope to be ready to play it, that's the first thing no?” Nadal said of the match with the World No.40. “Nick is is he's a great player in in all the surfaces but especially here on grass. Nadal held a break lead in the fifth set, but yielded it. “So just very happy to be in the semi finals, that’s all.”

Rafael Nadal, battling an abdominal issue, escapes against American Taylor Fritz, while Nick Kyrgios wins in straight sets to reach his first Grand Slam ...

After his first-round victory at Wimbledon last week, Kyrgios was fined $10,000 for spitting in the direction of a heckling spectator. Still, he summoned his best for last, grabbing a 5-0 lead in the closing tiebreaker – the first-to-10, win-by-two format starting at 6-all in a fifth set is new to Wimbledon this year – and then five of the last six points. Kyrgios, who is ranked 40th, has garnered more attention for his behavior on and off the court than his skills with a racket in hand. “That would probably be the most-watched match of all time.” “I would never put that burden on someone.” Give Kyrgios credit for honesty on this matter, at least: Even he did not think this day ever would arrive. This time, the problem was a muscle in his stomach area, which had some athletic tape, as was also the case for Nadal’s fourth-round match Monday, when he declined to discuss it. After Fritz took the third set, his big serve got broken three times in the next. Nadal stayed out there, adjusted his service motion and his strategy – and figured out a way to win. He sought to end exchanges with a quick-strike forehand or a drop shot – sometimes with success, often not. Not an easy match at all,” Nadal said. It was hard not to think: Might he give up?

Rafael Nadal battled through adversity on several occasions during Wednesday's quarterfinal match at Wimbledon. Despite trailing by a set two different ...

Fritz held a 5-4 advantage in the fifth set before Nadal battled back to tie it on a beautiful drop shot. Nadal also got everything he could handle from Fritz in the decisive fifth set, as he was forced to win in the tiebreaker. Nadal was able to top Fritz 10-4 in the tiebreaker to advance to the Wimbledon semifinal, despite battling through an obvious abdominal injury throughout the match.

Rafael Nadal is one step closer to achieving the calendar Grand Slam as he reaches his eighth Wimbledon semifinal after beating American Taylor Fritz 3–6, ...

Nadal continued to dominate in the fourth set as he took a 3–1 lead. The fifth and final set was once again a back-and-forth, although both players broke each other once. The Spaniard came out powerful in the second set winning the first three games.

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Rafael Nadal prevailed over the American Taylor Fritz in a fluctuating five-set quarter-final at Wimbledon to set up a semi-final against Nick Kyrgios.

Having squandered a break point that would have set him up, Nadal served to stay in the championships after nearly three hours of fretful struggle at 4-5, sealing it with his fourth ace of the match. But he threw it in the bin on his own serve, Fritz held and Nadal matched him, landing them up in the 10-point tie-break after 4hr 8min. Nadal broke early in the fourth set and held to lead 4-2, but overcooked a forehand to hand back the advantage at 4-4. Those ambitions took a hit in the eighth game, when a double fault put him 3-5 down, and Fritz punished him with two more aces to take the set. He is a win against Nick Kyrgios away from the final – possibly for a 60th time against Novak Djokovic – and the chance to win his third grand slam title on the spin. Taylor Fritz, 6ft 5in of towering American self-belief, did his best to bury a wounded legend here on Wednesday, but the 36-year-old Rafael Nadal would not stay down – against the advice of his worried father – and prevailed over five fluctuating sets to reach his eighth Wimbledon semi-final.

Rafa Nadal provided no assurance that he would be able to turn up for his Wimbledon semi-final on Friday against Australian Nick Kyrgios after the Spaniard ...

Without a doubt, today was the worst day, has been an important increase of pain and limitation," he said. I had these feelings for a couple of days. "Knowing that, when I feel something like I felt, that is because something is not going the proper way in abdomen. "I just wanted to give myself a chance. I fought. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

WIMBLEDON, England — (AP) — Wincing from abdominal pain, unable to ply his customary relentless style of tennis, Rafael Nadal thought he might need to stop ...

“I would never put that burden on someone.” “That would probably be the most-watched match of all time.” “Obviously I’ve been advised by my lawyers that I’m unable to say anything at this time.” Kyrgios, who is ranked 40th, has garnered more attention for his behavior on and off the court than his skills with a racket in hand. “Probably hurts more than any loss I’ve ever had,” Fritz said. It’s clear something’s not right,” said Nadal, who will get tests Thursday for an issue that first cropped up nearly a week ago but got much worse at 3-1 in the first set against Fritz. “I’m obviously worried.” After Fritz took the third set, his big serve got broken three times in the next. Nadal stayed out there, adjusted his service motion and his strategy — and figured out a way to win. This time, the problem was a muscle in his stomach area, which had some athletic tape. “I feel like I let it kind of get to me a little bit.” “It definitely made me kind of think. Up in the Centre Court stands, Nadal's father was waving his arms, motioning to the 22-time Grand Slam champion to quit.