Wimbledon 2022 - LIVE!
Rafael Nadal kept his calendar Grand Slam bid alive in truly astonishing fashion after a remarkable five-set win over Taylor Fritz.
The highlights package alone is unlikely to be much shorter than the four hours and 20 minutes it took Nadal on Centre Court. There was a fifth set tie-break, 15 breaks of serve and countless rallies of incredible quality but the Spaniard somehow battled his way into the Wimbledon semi-finals for an eighth time with a 3-6 7-5 4-6 7-5 7-6 (10-4) victory.
Only three men have beaten Nadal in 2022, with Fritz one of those after his success in the final at Indian Wells earlier this year. The in-form American, who had not dropped a set going into the quarter-finals, looked set to double up, particularly when Nadal went off to receive treatment on an abdominal injury in the second set.
But Nadal found a way, as he so often does, and he is two wins away from taking his push for history onto a plane to New York for the US Open later this summer. Next up for the Spaniard is a last-four match against Nick Kyrgios. It’s unlikely to be boring.
