Will Nadal forfeit the Wimbledon semifinals? It’s not just up to me. I’m scared, I know the pain I’ve been through

While fans were ecstatic at the way Rafael Nadal once again made it to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, the Spanish tennis player himself surprised many after the match. In fact, whether he will jump into the semifinals is far from certain.

Nadal had to go to the cabins for treatment after the first one, problems with his abdominal muscles were causing him a lot of trouble. Even his own father asked him to give up the match and not cause his already damaged body any more trouble.

“The body is fine, but something is wrong with the abdominal muscles. From 3::1 in the first set, I felt like I was getting whipped every time I served. I thought I couldn’t take the match,” Nadal explained after the match.

In the end, he bit back and turned the match from 1: 2 to 3: 2, taking the fifth set in a super tiebreak. From all over the world, superlatives were showered on Nadal for the way and condition in which he can still win such tough matches.

However, the Spaniard himself cooled down his excited fans right after the match. His clash with Nick Kyrgios is in the stars.

“I don’t know if I’ll play the semi-finals of Wimbledon. I need the detailed information that the examination will give me, and I have to listen to the people who know the most. It’s not just up to me, it’s a decision for the whole team. I’m scared because I know the pain I went through and how it limited me,” Nadal told the press conference.

But if he gets his health back, he will face a storming Nick Kyrgios. The naughty child of tennis has calmed down a lot, he is concentrating only on tennis and it shows immediately. The Australian is in the form of his life, reaching the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. He’s also doing extremely well on grass.

“I hope to be ready against Nick. He is a great player on all surfaces, but especially on grass. I have to be 100% healthy to have a chance,” said Nadal.

Source: Wimbledon, MARCA