‘I like Rafael Nadal a lot because…’, says footballer
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Taylor Fritz said he didn’t deserve to be in the Wimbledon semi-final after losing to Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals. Nadal, 36, was hampered by an abdominal injury during the Wimbledon quarterfinal match but still managed to beat Fritz in five tight sets.
The following day, scan results revealed an abdominal tear and Nadal was forced to withdraw from his Wimbledon semi-final against Nick Kyrgios. Some thought that Nadal should have retired against Fritz instead of ending the match and withdrawing from the tournament the next day.
“If I wanted to be in the semi-final, I should have beaten him. It’s as simple as that. If I didn’t beat him, I shouldn’t go any further. I don’t deserve to be in the next match. It is what it is. He has the right to retire,” Fritz said in an Instagram Live from the Citi Open, according to Sportskeeda.
“It was a huge match and I wanted it. I saw at the beginning of the tournament that it could be a quarter-final and I said, I want that quarter-final, and I got it, and I played well. I had my chances, it could have gone either way.
It sucks to lose, obviously,” Fritz added. “This probably hurts more than any other loss I’ve ever had. When he finished the game, he was sitting there and he felt like crying, like he wanted to. I’ve never felt like this after a loss.”
Earlier this year at the Australian Open, Fritz reached the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. Later, Fritz reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon. Fritz was leading a set and Nadal was clearly injured, but the American failed to take advantage of the situation and the Spaniard escaped with a narrow five-set victory.
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