Rafael Nadal has been forced to pull out of his scheduled semi-final against Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon because of the abdominal injury suffered in his quarter-final against Taylor Fritz.
Nadal, who won the first two slams of the year, somehow came through a five-set match against the American on Wednesday despite both his sister and father indicating he should retire because of the injury.
Reports in Spain earlier on Thursday indicated that a scan had shown Nadal had suffered a 7mm abdominal tear but that he hoped to play.
The 36-year-old then practised gingerly at Aorangi Park but later confirmed the news of the tear at a hastily arranged press conference at Wimbledon.
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