Two-time champion defeats American Fritz in five set thriller 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4) after more than four hours of play.It keeps Nadal’s bid for a calendar Grand Slam on track.
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Rafael Nadal has pulled off some remarkable wins in his long and illustrious career but he would be hard pushed to find one more remarkable, simply more unbelievable than his quarter-final victory on Wednesday.
From being on the verge of pulling out with injury, he somehow found a way to survive four hours and 21 minutes and five sets against American Taylor Fritz.
"For a lot of moments I was thinking maybe I will not be able to finish the match"
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After the match Rafael Nadal said ,”The body in general is fine but of course in the abdominals, something is not going well, to be honest. I had to find a way to serve a little bit different. For a lot of moments, I was thinking that I would not be able to finish the match but, I don’t know, the court, the energy [kept me going].”.
“I just keep trying, and that’s it. I wanted to finish. And that’s what I did. I’m proud about the fighting spirit and the way that I managed to be competitive under the conditions”,Nadal said.
“It’s obvious that it has been a tough afternoon against a great player,” Nadal said. “From my personal side, it was not an easy match at all. So I’m just very happy to be in the semi-finals”, he added.
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