Spaniard’s second seed Rafael Nadal has admitted he was unsure of his readiness to take on Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in the semi-final of England’s Wimbledon Grand Slam after suffering a stomach injury that almost forced him to pull out against American Taylor Fritz. in the quarterfinals.

Nadal had to ask a doctor to intervene in the second set to cure his stomach pain before finishing a thrilling match which he won in his favor after five sets 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 . (10-4) in four hours and 21 minutes.

“Don’t know. I can’t give an exact answer, because if I tell you something specific, and something else happens tomorrow, I’ll be lying … ”said the two-time Wimbledon champion in 2008 and 2010.

He added: “I will run new tests. I’m definitely not one of those players who hasn’t been injured before. I’m used to suffering from physical problems, and I’m used to holding back my pain and playing with those problems. these pains for a few days, but today it was much worse, I had a lot of pain, and it bothered me a lot.”

“But I managed to win the game, and let’s see how it will be tomorrow. There is little we can do, the doctor came and gave me anti-inflammatory and painkillers. The physicist tried to relax his muscles a little. to fly out of the tournament, to fly out of Wimbledon, even if the pain is strong. I just wanted to finish the match, no matter the outcome. It’s true that I would rather win. That’s why I fought and I’m proud of my mood and how I competed in these conditions.”